[editor : Jim C. Warren, Jr.] [publisher : People's Computer Company] [watchdogs : Bob Albrecht, Dennis Allison] [underdog : Rosehips Malloy] #Magazine

[author : Jim C. Warren, Jr.] [date : January 21, 1977] #Edito

Extract : «  First of all, some mundane details: this is not one of those "Best of..." digests; it's everything from the first year's publication of DDJ (except subscription forms & questionnaires, and propaganda concerning other PCC [People's Computer Company] offerings... which we have managed to squeeze in at the end of the book). It contains all the rest of the content of the original issues—all ten issues of Volune 1. Please note that this includes now-obsolete product announcements, product pricing that is sometimes no longer valid, definitive predictions of things that didn’t happen, and all of our original, authentic typographical errors. We hope that you will also find that it contains considerable useful information, program listings, and reference material.

A Reference Periodical

From the beginning, we have viewed Dr. Dobb’s Journal as a reference publication rather than merely as a periodical. Thus, as we ran out of back issues, we repeatedly reprinted them as the demand for them continued and increased. Now that a year of publication has passed, and we find a considerable number of new subscribers requesting all back issues, we have chosen to bind Volume One into a more convenient form and continue to make it available. We expect to continue to reprint it, as long as there is a demand for it. We believe this is an appropriate policy for a reference periodical. [...]  »