Ben Scott wrote:
On 10/14/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still think there needs to be an economic model for writers of
technical books to go to the bother of writing them...
Writing well is a craft and an art, and one that deserves compensation.
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On Oct 14, 2007, at 21:04, Ted Roche wrote:
Also, O'Reilly's Safari engages in page cloaking towards the search
engines. I half-expect that the Google people are looking at my
complaints saying, I don't get it, I see the content there, not an
advertisement for Safari... They're wasting my
Bill McGonigle wrote:
There's that, and that Tim O'Reilly is competing with her directly.
If I were her I wouldn't be excited too push his books.
Actually, Tim wrote a rather nice essay about supporting your local
bookstore, which used to be posted in the SoftPro stores. It is true
that
On 10/14/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still think there needs to be an economic model for writers of
technical books to go to the bother of writing them...
Writing well is a craft and an art, and one that deserves compensation.
#ifdef MOLOTOV_COCKTAIL
Isn't that the chief
It is sad that they are going out of business. While I have not been a
steady customer, I do remember Quantum when they are located at the One
Kendall Sq. center further up where the CBC is. Blaming O'Reilly is
just an excuse, but the bottom line is as you all stated is the trend.
Printed books,
On Oct 9, 2007, at 16:15, Paul Lussier wrote:
She also mentioned that O'Reilly seems rather ambivalent with respect
to brick'n'mortar book stores, whereas publishers like APress, Addison
Wessely, etc. are doing a much better job.
There's that, and that Tim O'Reilly is competing with her
Hi all,
I stopped by Quantum Books in Kendall Sq., Cambridge this morning.
Some of you may remember they bought out SoftPro a couple years ago.
In discussion with the woman who was helping me this morning, I
learned that their lease is up next June and they won't be renewing.
Rent is
On 10/9/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suppose the demise of the independant book seller, especially in the
technical space, is inevitable.
It's a fair bet that the demise of the printed book is inevitable.
Techies are just a bit ahead of the curve. When faced with a
technical
On 10/9/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/9/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suppose the demise of the independant book seller, especially in the
technical space, is inevitable.
It's a fair bet that the demise of the printed book is inevitable.
I think the
On 10/9/07, Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a fair bet that the demise of the printed book is inevitable.
I think the reference book will go 1st. Books you read through, like
novels, will have longer legs.
Right. And even once really good paper replacement technology is
Tom Buskey writes:
It's similar with Hardware stores. Most constructions guys I know don't
like the mega stores because they wait in line, the quality isn't what they
want and returns take too long for them.
True story: I was standing in a huge hardware store one night, looking
for a
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