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Dave Thomas

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Back in 2009, I posted a summary of the breakdown of the royalties we paid on our titles. Susannah, our managing editor, has been suggesting for a while that I should update it. I was surprised by what I found.

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	Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), David Heinemeier Hansson, Leon Breedt 3.84 avg rating — 2,160 ratings — published 2005 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Chad Fowler (Goodreads Author), Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 1,968 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Programming Elixir: Functional \|> Concurrent \|> Pragmatic \|> Fun 4.29 avg rating — 718 ratings — published 2013 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dave Thomas: Guiding Me Home & Away by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), David Roberts (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loaded For Bear (The Wilds Book 1) 3.37 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bob Lord of Burnley: The Biography of Football's Most Controversial Chairman by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Mike Smith 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Medicine (The Wilds Adult Western Book 5) 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johny Rotten: In His Own Words 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You probably don’t want to change the meaning of true halfway through your program (except perhaps if you’re a politician).”
― Dave Thomas, Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0

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“You can do what you want to do.”
― Dave Thomas

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“We're all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers' expectations everyday.”
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Dave Thomas’s Followers (136)

Dave’s Bookshelves

Dave’s Friends (7)

Dave Thomas

Goodreads Author

20 posts
Dave Thomas's Blog

Pragmatic Royalties—2013 Edition

Combine Editions
Dave Thomas’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Dave’s Friend Comments

Dave Thomas’s Followers (136)

Dave’s Bookshelves

Dave’s Friends (7)

Dave Thomas

Goodreads Author

20 postsDave Thomas's Blog

Pragmatic Royalties—2013 Edition

Combine EditionsDave Thomas’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Dave’s Friend Comments

20 posts
Dave Thomas's Blog

Combine Editions
Dave Thomas’s books