Today’s the official release date of the WEIT paperback. If you’ve been too cheap to ante up for the hardcover, now’s your chance. . .
Paperback today!
January 25, 2010 • 7:26 am
Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
This is pretty cool. Congratulations.
When WEIT is in the airport bookshops, you’ll know that you’ve “made it”.
(Or so my author friends say.)
I saw the hardcopy in the Seattle airport sometime last spring. I waited, though, because I wanted to buy it from a bookstore in the highly fundamentalist town where I reside. It wasn’t in stock and I had to order it which meant that they had to place the order, see it come in, and call me to let me know that it had arrived. I was pretty satisfied that I called some extra attention to a book about evolution.
ps. I should point out that it was in the BORDERS store in the Seattle airport, NOT the Hudson Booksellers who put Origin of Species in the “Fiction” section.
Ok, I bought the hardcover. Recommended.
Oh yes, I read it too and discussed it with my friends. 😉
When will you start the next book-tour?
Starting in the deep South, a la Hitchens?
Unfortunately, I was too cheap to buy the hardback. I blame my modest graduate student income.
But I picked up the paperback on Saturday (UK and Ireland). I’m about 100 pages in, fantastic stuff so far. More organised and to the point than Dawkins’s tome (although I enjoyed that too).
Amazon UK has the paperback WEIT for £5.38. The hardback version was only about £15, which is not bad for such a good book.
I got the hardcover (and man, it was expensive here in Australia), but I’ll keep an eye out for the paperback – I want to keep it in mind for a gift.
Oh, and Jerry, I saw you in “Darwin’s Brave New World” just recently (well it was on TV here in November but being sick at the time, I recorded it and only just caught up to it in January). A very enjoyable program. Needed more Coyne though.
I have a hardcover copy of the book, but will buy the paperback, or two, to donate to my local library.
Well Dr Coyne, how many (very expensive) hardcover copies of your book do we Australians have to buy to get you over here for a book signing tour?
When will you come to Brazil?
=D
I bought the kindle edition, but after reading WEIT I wish I had a printed copy, so the paperback is very welcome.
Ha! I’m too cheap to pony up for a hard cover or a paperback! I asked my public library to order a copy for circulation and they did. Then I got to be the first to read it when it arrived and now others can share the pleasure of reading this excellent book too. Hooray for public libraries!
Bought the hardcover. Worth it. Every penny.
I bought the hardcover edition a while back, and now I’m (finally!) on the chapter about speciation. Happily, this chapter contains answers to many of the questions that had been queuing up in my head.
I’m also a scientist (in the area of neurophysiology), but never had a particularly strong background in basic biology, much less evolution. WEIT has been a perfect introduction to the field. Thanks, Dr. Coyne, and good luck with the paperback edition!