The ongoing saga with my #retrocomputing book, "20 GOTO 10", is continuing... (but in a good way)
After the liquidation of Unbound/Boundless, all rights have (finally) reverted to me!
Now... does anyone know a publisher that would like to take on the book?
Rumours are that Boundless (#publisher of #20GOTO10, that took over from #Unbound) is, itself, likely to go under within the week!
This is despite being founded only a couple of months ago, and (apparently) with financial backing.
Can't be true. Can it?!?!?
Steven Goodwin20 GOTO 10 -- a book of numbers for computer nerds & deep technical wizards.Whether you're interested in machines from the mainstream such as Sinclair, Acorn, Atari, Famicom, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, and Commodore, or the lesser known cabal of Dragon, Tandy, Oric, Amstrad, DEC, Jupiter, Vectrex, TI, and NewBrain (or even the virtually unheard of COSMAC Elf)Each entry starts with a number, and by choosing a related number you'll create a unique adventure through the book and into a web
#20GOTO10 is the 2nd most gifted book about games programming...
...despite not being about games programming!
If only there was a category for "intriguing #retrocomputing books that look like a choose-your-adventure" :)
I'm giving an online talk at "The National Museum of Computing" on March 13th.
Tickets available to all...
https://www.tnmoc.org/events?view=calendar&month=03-2024
#retrocomputing #digitalhistory #digitalpreservation #geeky #20goto10
@marquisdegeek #20goto10 is a fun book. I keep getting stuck in loops but that is part of the experience and I'm enjoying it.
I won't be able to make it to the signing, but thanks for writing the book.
For anyone in the intersection of:
Going to #fosdem
Has my book, #20goto10
Wants it signed
Then I'll only be in the #retrocomputing and #emulator devrooms for part of the time, due to my other talks.
My speaking coordinates are https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/speaker/RBBZQG/
Here's a nice two page spread for my book #20GOTO10 in the new #Mensa magazine, IQ.
Fitting, too, since Sir Clive #Sinclair (yes, that one!) was also chairman of Mensa from 1980.
w/ @Unbound
There's a (very short) thread on Hacker News about my book, #20GOTO10
I think this qualifies me to upgrade my celebrity status from Z-list, to Y-list! :)
Marquis de Geek
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