Julian, Thanks for taking the time to respond to the recent complaints concerning WROX books. It's good to see that WROX is taking things seriously. I realize that the Beta cycle for .NET coupled with the keen interest of the development community placed publishers in a precarious position. Everyone wanted books as soon as a Beta release became available and no one new how long a release would stay in Beta. This created a rush to get books to market before a new Beta could arrive making the book obsolete. As developers we understand what happens when things are rushed. Perhaps now things can get back to normal and we can once again depend on WROX. I sure hope so.
Marshall Harrison -----Original Message----- From: Julian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox Yes, the first edition of Professional C# was rushed into print before it was ready. We were anxious to provide the detailed information on C# and .NET that we felt people needed at that time as soon as we could, and the book was being printed when Beta 2 came out. As a consequence, it contained a frankly unacceptable number of typos. In accordance with Murphy's Law, pretty well everything that could go wrong did go wrong with that book (including a lot of things that we didn't even know could go wrong). While I still think there was an enormous amount of valuable information in the book, unfortunately this was obscured by the high number of typos. However, we've learnt our lesson from that experience, and Professional C# 2nd Edition was much more carefully edited, and I honestly believe it's the best as well as the single most comprehensive book on C# and .NET available (I admit I am biased, though...). As well as some additional material (e.g. on printing and network programming), the book has been entirely re-edited, and we've taken great pains to ensure that nothing like the fiasco of the first edition was repeated. No 1200-page book will ever be completely free of typos, but I know of no more than about half a dozen in the entire book. I think the same is true of all our books published since about December last year - we really struggled trying to provide detailed information on a product that was still in beta, and we had some very hard lessons to learn. However, we are taking those lessons on board, and I'm convinced that the quality of our books has improved immeasurably. Let me also take this opportunity to advise any readers of the 1st edition of Professional C# that an upgrade pack is freely available from Wrox, at <http://www.wrox.com/ACON12H4.asp?ISBN=1861007043> The upgrade pack details the most significant changes between the two editions of Professional C#, including changes between Beta 2 and the released version of .NET, and also includes chapters that have been heavily revised between the two editions. Thanks, Julian Julian Skinner Microsoft Group Wrox Press http://www.wrox.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian G. Vallelunga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox > > > I also have the first edition of Professional C#. While it definitely > has its share of typos, I still use the book frequently as a > reference. > It certainly is not the best technical book I've read, but it has been > useful. It certainly helped me learn some of the nuances of OOP, as I > had only a basic and rudimentary understanding of it before. > > I'd be interested in a good/advanced Windows Forms and ADO.NET book at > some point. Possibly a design pattern book in C# or simply > with the .NET > framework would be useful too. Hopefully over the next 6 months, we'll > see some good examples coming out, now that the codebase is stable and > people have had time to play and learn. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Potter, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox > > > I had the same reaction after I bought "Profession C#". Of course the > 2nd edition is now out. > > Mark Potter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Janssen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox > > > A few typos here or there is no big deal. But the first edition of > "Profession C#" didn't seem like it was even looked at by an > editor. I > stopped reading after a few chapters because the typos and grammatical > errors were so irrating. Makes me wonder about the validity > of the code > samples. I've read similiar comments about other Wrox books on > bookpool.com. Because of this I have not purchased any more > Wrox books. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, > or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, > or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
