Comments on: The Visual Miscellaneum: Errata

By: Hans

Hans — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:12:59 +0000

Hi David,

you made a gorgeous book.

A question though. In which edition do the errors occur? I seem to have the 4th print if “Information is Beautiful” and found no differences (except for the colors in “Clear Cut” being swapped).

Best regards,
Hans

By: david

david — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:56:10 +0000

Yes you can!

By: Hamshanks

Hamshanks — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:06:02 +0000

Anyone know if I can send my first edition back to the publisher and get the latest error free version for free?

By: tnt

tnt — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:18:15 +0000

sorry sorry sorry, I got it!! Wasn’t very concentrated obviously:)

By: tnt

tnt — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:13:05 +0000

I have the ‘information is beautiful’ and I assume pages doesn’t match with the other book, since password doesn’t work. How can I open the pdf?

By: tea

tea — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:44:35 +0000

to joe –
if you’re looking for a “demo” of the works in the book, there are plenty of samples on this website already, wouldn’t you say?
to jack –
i’m not sure what you think david owes you or his readers, but the password is such that the pdf is freely available to people who have bought the book; they have unrestricted access to pages they have already paid for. he’s not asking anyone for money, there is no extra currency involved…

By: jack chien

jack chien — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:52:29 +0000

why is the pdf protected by password?
what will it change to give it for free?
given the fact that 12 out of 256 pages (it’s more than 4%), shouldn’t you give your readers a way to get their money back instead of asking them for a password to view the correct version (which is the one they wanted to pay for in the first place)?

(you can re-use my comment for free)

By: Wolter

Wolter — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:00:27 +0000

My wife bought this great book today and I allready love it! Thank goodness it’s for sale in Holland. Just downloaded the pdf. Thanks for sharing. The website is also very nice!

Maybe an odd question: Are the images in ‘The Visual Miscellaneum’ different from ‘Information is Beautiful’?

By: Tobi Oetiker

Tobi Oetiker — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:22:02 +0000

Hi David,

I just got my copy of the UK edition, and unfortunately it also contains a number of diagrams with missing fonts … great book, but I wonder if anyone actually bothered at looking at the pages after they were rendered … fonts not printing is a classic when moving from one device to another, I would expect the people at Harper Collins to know about this …

By: Adrian Jones

Adrian Jones — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:24:01 +0000

I just received my copy of Information is Beautiful this morning. Now I’m trying to put off reading it, so I can get some work done!

I’ve also downloaded the errata PDF. Thank-you for going to the trouble of making this available.

I have spotted another mistake though. On page 84-85, the Sinclair QL is displayed as having a 6502 processor, whereas it had a Motorola 68008. (Cut down version of the 68000 iirc).