Alex Blume
Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:52:38 -0700
It's not enough that I purchase each edition of an O'Reilly book when they come out, I also get to buy the CD Bookshelf (and multiple editions of the CD Bookshelves even!!!). Not to mention Safari (O'Reilly's online version book site) where I can pay to have access to the same content again! I apologize for my bitching, I just getting tired of having to pay full price for the same content over and over again. Just a consequence of my tragic addiction to O'Reilly books though, I guess. (-: On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, David L. Nicol wrote: > > For Immediate Release > June 7, 2001 > Review copies, contact: Denise Olliffe > (707) 829-0515 ext 339 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > NEW EDITION OF O'REILLY'S "PERL CD BOOKSHELF" RELEASED > > > Sebastopol, CA--You've got five essential Perl books and you're about > to hit the road. Which do you take with you? Fortunately this is a > choice Perl programmers haven't needed to make since O'Reilly released > the first "Perl CD Bookshelf" in 1999. Now, with the just-released > "Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0," Perl programmers have an up-to-date, > exhaustive Perl reference library that's completely portable, so being > without a favorite Perl reference is not a situation they're likely to > face. > > Perl programmers increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and online > information sources for solutions to complex problems. The second > edition of O'Reilly's "Perl CD Bookshelf" provides convenient online > access to updates of favorite Perl books on a single CD. This essential > library features a master index for all five bestselling Perl > books--with text extensively hyperlinked--and a powerful search engine, > so sought-after information can be quickly located. Packaged with a > hard copy of "Perl in a Nutshell," the entire library takes up less > than two inches of bookshelf space, but programmers on the move can > just grab the CD and go. > > Formatted in HTML, "The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0" can be read by > any browser. The CD-ROM contains the complete, unabridged versions of: > --"Perl in a Nutshell" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlnut/ > --"Programming Perl, 3rd Edition" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/ > --"Perl Cookbook" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cookbook/ > --"Advanced Perl Programming" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/advperl/ > --"Perl for System Administration" > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlsysadm/ > > The five books, when purchased separately, would retail for $189.75, > but "The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0" retails for only $79.95. > > What the readers and critics said about the first edition: > > "This CD is a very handy collection of a number of well-known O'Reilly > Perl books. If you work on Perl-related stuff on various sites, a CD > with the content of 6 books is much easier on your back to carry around > with you. If you're a programmer who works on different client sites, > this is great replacement for a stack of good Perl books. For a > reasonable price, you get a truckload of information on a handy > portable medium."--Arjen Laarhoven, slashdot.org, Dec 1999 > > "...an excellent set of resources within a small package...an > outstanding compendium of techniques, procedures, facts, and basics for > any level of Perl programmer...This is an extraordinary collection. If > you use Perl, you need 'The Perl CD Bookshelf.'"--Elizabeth Zinkann, > "SYS ADMIN," Nov 1999 > > "I really had doubts about whether this publication would be of any > use. Those doubts disappeared when I saw the product and realized that > the search features could save oodles of time. I also plan to make > judicious use of browser bookmarks so I can remember the common places > in books that I need to access frequently...The prospect of being able > to emit complex CD searches in addition to a well-constructed handbook > makes it worthwhile."--Peter Collinson, "EXE," November 1999 > > For more information about "The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0," see: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlcdbs2/ > > For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to: > ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596001649.jpg > > > The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0 > By O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. > 2nd Edition, May 2001 > ISBN 0-596-00164-9, 672 pages, $79.95 (US) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1-800-998-9938 > http://www.oreilly.com > > # # # > > O'Reilly is a registered trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. All > other trademarks are property of their respective owners. > > -- o--------------------------------------o | Alex Blume | | Lead Developer o----------------------------o | Maxim Group Business Solutions | I can only show you Linux. | | AIM: PerlSlave ICQ: 63031139 | You're the one who has to | o--------------------------------| read the man pages. | o----------------------------o
