Dan King

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• June 10, 1999, on The book behind the book behind the book...:

  I've been a fan of photo.net for a long time...First it was Philip's photographs, then his expert guidance and articles. Later, I stumbled onto his web-engineering work (including the online book). I started reading the book one afternoon while waiting for a compile to finish. I kept reading. I let my project slip. When my wife arrived to drive me home that night, I made her wait while I printed out the remaining chapters. I read all night. I pre-ordered my tree-carcass copy from Amazon that night. The next day (in fact most days since then), I've pushed this book on everyone around me who thinks they can or want to design web pages. Of course, I read the "book behind the book" story and was distressed at the treatment Philip's first book received. How exciting, then, to flip over to Amazon just today (10 June, 1999) and see that the book is ranked #570. It's good to know that a well-written book by someone I respect can climb to a respectable spot without appearing to se...