I used to got to Borders or B&N every month or so -- and spend several
hours paging thru tech books of interest, until I found ones that "fit"
my current needs and expertise on the topic du jour!
I usually would buy 1-3 books & spend anywhere from $50-$100 -- didn't
mind paying a little more because I was supporting the Stick & Stucco
Bookstores that were providing me a service -- the ability to screen
books & buy only the ones I needed!
But, I don't buy books much anymore -- used to spend about $250-$500+
per year,
Instead I can travel (via the magic of the Internet) to a place where I
can get the same service I used to get from B&N or borders -- but I
don't need to buy the books.
I can read them online, even better, I can search them on line, yes
search multiple books online.
The service I am talking about is O'Reilly's Safari:
http://safari.oreilly.com/
Go see for yourself -- there is a 14-day free trial
I signed up to resolve a specific problem & just can't get around to
cancelling.
My subscription cost $20 per month -- much less than I used to spend on
books.
They have a lot of titles from a lot of publishers.
HTH
Dick
The last
On Jun 24, 2004, at 5:43 PM, Matt Woodward wrote:
> >Try this one:
>
> >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735713820/
> qid=1088118127/sr=8
> >-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-5412416-3841448?v=glance
>
> ><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735713820/
> qid=1088118127/sr=
>
> >8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-5412416-3841448?
> v=glance&s=books&n=507846>
> >&s=books&n=507846
>
> I wholeheartedly second this recommendation--great book for
> programmers who want to get into Flash for building RIAs.��It avoids
> the typical animation stuff that many programmers don't care so much
> about and gets right at building data-driven applications with Flash.
>
> Matt
>
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