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Aperture 3 – eBook Announcement
Okay so I said I was not going to do this but I am going to offer an upgrade price. If you purchased ANY of my Aperture eBooks I am going to offer a low low upgrade price. It doesn’t matter when you purchased it you will get an upgrade. I don’t want to fool around with dates and fairness and all that.
I am doing this because I love this community and I volunteer to help people – I believe in the product so much. Much of the work-flow advice that I give in the eBooks is absolutely spot on. Aperture 3 adds some new twists especially with more than one computer. I will have my existing eBook library updated ASAP – probably this month as I am going to do it full time but take the proper care to make them the best out there at any price.
That being said – if you buy one now you will get the upgrade price, if you have one you will get the upgrade price. If you do not have one the prices are going up when the new ones are out. They will still be the best value in the Aperture 3 universe. They will be the best at the lowest price but I am going to do some new things like screencast videos etc. So whatever you buy now or later you will pay the same amount. That is the only fair way that I can do it. I am not going to penalizing my existing customers for buying them too soon.
The reason that I started doing this in the first place is that there were not a whole lot of accurate, innovative information on this amazing product. I don’t believe in regurgitating the manual – that is not what you get. When I survey the landscape out there the price vs information is not there. It is here – since I am going to invest a ton of time in this I am going to have to raise my prices – a little bit.
RB
Ps. I was right on holding off on the adjustments and the metadata eBooks – they are the ones that are changing in a gigantic way.
RB:
Your work is highly appreciated and valued by your followers. Personally, I will wait for your new Aperture 3 eBooks and will pay the higher price, which is still a darn good deal. And you are right about the quality of the information you provide. There is none better when it comes to this product, so carry on! We’ll be waiting.
Eric,
Thank you so much – I hope you did not misunderstand. If you have any right now you will not have to buy the new ones.
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Old Price + Upgrade Price = New Price.
No matter what or when everyone gets the same price – the upgrade price is not going away in fact that option will not be available until they are out. I just want people to know that if they just bought it or buy one now they will not pay more than waiting for the new version. I also wanted people that have it to know they will pay the same amount as new customers.
It is the only fair way I can think of to do it.
RB
I understand.
Fair enough for me.
RB, can’t wait for a “first impressions” post…
So if I buy the old version on a wednesday, and the new one…
just kidding around RB. Yours is the best out there at any price.
On a related topic, I noticed the MacCreate formerly AUN formerly AUPN is still a bumbling mess, and wow, has Mr Schloss and co missed the boat. Aperture 3 and still no functional discussion board.
I’m wondering if there’s a good way to implement a board here, or at least officially sanction something somewhere other than the Apple boards. Right now they’re the best thing going, and as much as I try I can’t help but feel overly “watched” by the powers that be over there. I guess what I’m looking for is AUPN before the “P” was taken out.
RB:
Good to learn that you will have the update to AP3 for your ebooks later this month or so. I couldn’t wait to get the update as the two ebooks I had from your site were best I’ve come across. The content is way beyond what the user manual provides. It did not do any justice to what Aperture can do for all photographers. I also agreed with robogobo that there isn’t any quality forum on Aperture around other than Apple’s own forum. Yours is the best one out there and we all love to see yours get expanded but keeping the same quality as it ever is.
Glad to hear about this. I just bought one of them a few days ago and am enjoying it. Looking forward to the new aperture 3 info.
Can I get my money back and compensation for the time I spent reading the outdated eBooks ;P
Seriously though, thanks for doing this upgrade, I only bought a couple last week, and I’m pretty sure I can’t wait too long before installing Aperture 3! Looking forward to the new publications.
RB:
I know you’ve been busy playing and tweaking AP3 and responding to various requests. We all are waiting anxiously for your updated version of your eBooks which we all enjoyed very much. Do you have a rough date when it will be published?
I’m waiting for this!!!
I purchased two of your ebooks this morning. Aperture 3 has become my de-facto raw converter (after many years with Capture One) and I am using it to organize several photo book projects. Thank you very much for writing this site and the ebooks.
It would be helpful if you’d mention somewhere which ebooks have been updated for Aperture 3.
I purchased an eBook and was charged but never got the eBook. I have asked for this to be resolved and haven’t got a response.
Doug -
This is the first I have heard from you. I do not read site comments constantly but I do monitor the email address contained in the paypal receipt CONSTANTLY regarding any issues with eBook transactions as that is the only thing that email is for.
The only Doug I have heard from regarding eBooks is Doug R in 2009 – that we resolved his issue in a matter of minutes.
I hope that I can help you please contact me at rwboyerjr@gmail.com with the email address used for your transaction I will resolve this immediately.
PS.
As far as I can tell you left a COMMENT on this site TODAY about this and that was your first communication so please do not trash me “for not getting back to you”
Okay – now I have your email.
RB
I must say I made a mistake. You did provide a link and I didnt catch it. After you got my email you also promply replied and provided me with the link. You also quickly answered several questions I had. Thanks again for the support, sorry for the last post.