you need and leave the rest in electronic form until you need it.
Puts the cost of printing on the end user and brings documentation
to the end user much faster than the old publishing process.
I would think with subscriptions, authors and publishers would end
up making a lot more money for their efforts...
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:42 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Books on Flash...
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:38:50 -0700, Dick Applebaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Ya know
>
> 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.
It's funny. As hard as I've tried, I just can't ween myself off of the
good ol' physical media. I'm generally a slow reader by nature and
reading off a computer screen just amplifies that fact. I find that
I'm better at learning things from scratch if I have a physical book
to use. References such as the CF documentation are fine in electronic
form, but I guess I'm just old fashioned or too conditioned at this
point.
But this is getting OT, so I'll end it. Nonetheless, thanks for the
bookmark Dick. That's a great resource to know about.
Regards,
Dave.
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