Re: PiL 1

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 16:19, Roberto Ierusalimschy
<roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> It is a bit offtopic, but maybe you care to share a relative ballpark
>> of damage it did (like in "20% drop")?
>
> I would put it more like 50% drop. It is difficult to say; as I said,
> the book went online around six months after its release, so part of the
> drop might be just the usual drop after the initial excitement. But
> sales were more or less stable 2-3 months before, and became stable
> again (in that new level).

Wow! That's a huge drop indeed. Came out as a surprise for me. Need to
rethink my view of the world a bit, I guess.

Thank you very much for sharing!
Alexander.