tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2341748311782016585..comments2024-03-18T17:27:11.613-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: How well do Academic Books Sell?Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-86325679107422649332008-10-08T07:59:00.000-05:002008-10-08T07:59:00.000-05:00Lewis and Papadimitriou is an awesome book. I sti...Lewis and Papadimitriou is an awesome book. I still use. Amazingly, I'd never connected that Lewis to "Excellence without a Soul", a book that is sitting on my to-read shelf now. I will read it next!Eugene Wallingfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07135521656855808826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-66279699292104728762008-09-25T13:00:00.000-05:002008-09-25T13:00:00.000-05:00Just as a point of comparison, the book Applied Cr...Just as a point of comparison, the book Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier has sold over 150,000 copies, but is not generally used as a textbook and few people would call it an "academic book". Technical books can sell quite a few copies, but in order to reach this plateau they probably have to be either a popular textbook or have broad appeal and little competition.Alvin Anonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268049341572923471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-54244421991155764692008-09-25T05:27:00.000-05:002008-09-25T05:27:00.000-05:00Might be worth mentioning here that Bloomsbury hav...Might be worth mentioning here that Bloomsbury have a new open access book venture called Bloomsbury Academic Press, which aims to make the full text of all books available online for free, with no costs to the author. We may see more books on specialist subjects which we previously regarded as economically unattractive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-42810637663079816152008-09-24T16:49:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:49:00.000-05:00The problem with CLR(S) is how monstrously huge th...The problem with CLR(S) is how monstrously huge the book is. I always liked Kozen back when I was a CS student.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-56330645990545009822008-09-24T14:12:00.000-05:002008-09-24T14:12:00.000-05:00I doubt that about the Complexity book because it ...I doubt that about the Complexity book because it starts at a relatively advanced stage. However, Mike Sipser's Theory of Computation book is probably doing quite well because it can serve a wide variety of levels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-79793372274646128742008-09-24T13:05:00.000-05:002008-09-24T13:05:00.000-05:00I'm curious if anyone has more exact numbers, but ...I'm curious if anyone has more exact numbers, but I would guess that CLR(S) has sold at least an order of magnitude more copies. The same goes for Papadimitriou's complexity book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com