Re: The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book

[Warren Kumari via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM, John Levine <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> It appears that Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
> said:
>
> It is a very new release, fag end of last year. I suppose it’s all being
> rolled out and takes some time to get everything on Amazon.
>
> He has Columbia as a publisher so I would guess they’ll eventually make it
> available worldwide.
>
> It's a nice little book, lots of interesting stories.
>
> It's published by Columbia Global Reports which is a series of small
> topical books. It is not Columbia University Press and their distribution
> is spotty because I think they mostly sell direct. I find them interesting
> enough that I have an annual subscription so they send me the physical
> books in the mail.
>
> https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-web-beneath-the-waves
>
> I'm in the U.S. and Amazon says I can't get the Kindle edition either.

This seems to have recently changed — I purchased this through the (USA)
Kindle store last night, and have 4 upcoming ~16 hour flights, so
should have plenty of time to catch up on reading…
W


There's a note on the Amazon page saying "Customers reported quality issues
> in this eBook. This eBook has: Typos, Poor Formatting . The publisher has
> been notified to correct these issues."
>
> I suspect they've withdrawn the ebook until they can fix it. The paper
> book is fine.
>
> R's,
> John
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