Do you still have the plastic wrapper on your couch to protect it? It's like when you get a new car. You're all careful until you get that first scratch and then realise, it is just a car. :)
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Alister Christie < [email protected]> wrote: > It's probably something to do with the way I was brought up, but I find > myself unable to write in books, or fold the corners of pages - I just feel > that there is something terribly wrong with defacing a book - even one that > I've printed out and spiral bound. > > Most of my books are still in pristine condition - although I have a Delphi > 3 book that's started to look a bit worn. > > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266http://www.salespartner.co.nz > Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/salespartner > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > > On 16/09/2011 11:02 a.m., Jeremy North wrote: > > I haven't paid a hundred dollars for a book for years. I hated reading on > the ipad. Recently bought some html 5 books from amazon. Didn't pay more > than 25 each and most under 20. Shopping is pretty good as well. I speak in > aud dollars. I'd rather have something to hold and write on. Especially for > tech books. > Everyone is different I guess. > On 16/09/2011 8:51 AM, "Alister Christie" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've been reading ebooks on my iPad 2 for some time now and found iBooks > > to be really good for reading both PDFs and .epub files (which I usually > > get for $10 daily deals or half price on O'Reilly). The Safari reader > > is nowhere near as good, but still very usable. I don't think I could > > handle reading a book on my laptop or desktop (I use to print the out > > before my iPad). The number of books in Safari is huge (13,500) and > > it's hard to know where to start, I'm currently watching "The Douglas > > Crockford JavaScript Master Class" - which is pretty good (I've read his > > JavaScript the Good Parts previously) and reading "Clean Code" - mostly > > because I was so impressed with "The Clean Coder" which I think has been > > discussed here previously. > > > > Alister Christie > > Computers for People > > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > > Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/salespartner > > PO Box 13085 > > Johnsonville > > Wellington > > > > > > On 16/09/2011 10:09 a.m., Laurence Bevan wrote: > >> Hi Alister, > >> > >> Our company has used Safari since almost its inception. We upgraded to a > >> full unlimited subscription about 3 years ago and still save thousands > on > >> buying paper books. A single annual fee for access to thousands of > technical > >> books is a pretty great deal when any hard copy books remotely related > to > >> development or IT seem to have several hundred dollar price tags these > days. > >> > >> The only thing I have found is having to get used to reading them > online, > >> although a Safari subscription entitles you to several download tokens > per > >> month and most of the time I find I only want a book for one or two > >> chapters, and you can purchase additional tokens if needed. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Laurence Bevan > >> Master Business Systems Ltd > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alister > Christie > >> Sent: Friday, 16 September 2011 9:26 a.m. > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [DUG] O'Reilly have 50% off ebooks and videos > >> > >> http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/b2s-special.do > >> Although I've given up and subscribed to Safari, obsessed as I am about > >> collecting books (and sometimes reading them), I've decided that paying > a > >> monthly tax is going to be cheaper. > >> > >> Does anyone else use Safari (which has 30% off at the moment by the > way)? > >> > >> -- > >> Alister Christie > >> Computers for People > >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > >> http://www.salespartner.co.nz > >> Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/salespartner PO Box 13085 > >> Johnsonville Wellington > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > >> Post: [email protected] > >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > >> Subject: unsubscribe > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > >> Post: [email protected] > >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: [email protected] > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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