Since I’ve gotten a few questions about this lately, I figured it might be more efficient to put up a post! As many of you are aware, I noted awhile back that Ryan and I were working on a Maya Python API book.
Apparently, Amazon had previously posted a listing for our book to be released in January, and recently changed its status to out of print. Since I’ve never communicated with Amazon, I don’t know where the January date came from in the first place, but I can assure you the book still has yet to be released!
As you can imagine, writing a book takes a lot of (free) time, and both Ryan and I have had some various family emergencies in the last year that have caused conflicts with this and other projects (believe it or not, the TKO update has also not been scrapped). Please rest assured that we are still working on the book and have also brought on some additional contributors to help wrap it up. The goal is for it to be available sometime later this year, but because I only handle the writing aspect, I can’t be more specific beyond that.
Please rest assured that I will post more detailed information as soon as I have it. I want to thank all of the supportive folks out there who have expressed their interest for their patience!
Tags: API, Maya, Maya Python
Damm i really hope to see this book coming out ASAP!
Had me worried for a while. Thanks for the heads up!
I order your book tonight, I would like to see some screenshots for some games you made that are in the book?
Thanks
Hey Adam!
I downloaded the Kindle preview of your book and noticed during the part about e-reader formatting that none of the indentions are present on my PC or Android phone using the Kindle software. Is this a known issue? Are there any electronic versions of the book that do not have this issue?
Thanks!
Thanks for the info, Jesse. I do not own an actual factual Kindle, nor do I have a copy of the book on Kindle, but I’ve had nothing but bad luck with all Kindle books’ formatting on my iPad/iPhone. I can’t help but feel like that makes a lot of the code samples impossible to follow if there’s no indentation.
At a glance, it looks like Elevier Direct has an ebook available (http://www.elsevierdirect.com/ISBN/9780123785787/Maya-Python-for-Games-and-Film), but I have no clue what format it is. If it’s through ScienceDirect, it may well be a PDF. If you happen to find out, do please let me know, as I often get questions about this.