Greg Wilson on Nostr: Somebody asked a while back why I've published my last few books with Taylor & ...
Somebody asked a while back why I've published my last few books with Taylor & Francis. Well, I got mail a month ago from a student in Nigeria who was enjoying
https://third-bit.com/sdxpy/ but didn't have reliable internet access, so could he get a PDF to read offline? Three weeks and some back and forth with DHL later, he has a physical copy free of charge. That's why.
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