Well, I just bought an ebook in pdf format from Manning. Apart from being cheaper than the paper version, it allows what you suggest as an easy option.
David. On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:32:27 +0100, Richard Stratford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If I was buying software, the company would be offering a free upgrade once >the final product was shipped with all the bugs fixed. >The ideal solution would be to trade in old copies of the book for new >copies (perhaps with a small charge), instead of having to buy >the complete product again. > >Regards >Richard > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mattias Konradsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 12:35 AM >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox > > >> > 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. >> >> Hey, Your patch crashed my book. I tried to apply it by ripping out the >old >> chapters and gluing on the new ones printed from the pdf but the whole >> thing just fell apart and then spontaneously combusted on my carpet. >> >> Guess that'll teach me to buy any 1:edition from Wrox, I was hoping I'd >> never see the day when the "Publish now, fix later mentality" reached book >> publishing but I guess the reaper's a couple of years late unfortunately. >> >> To be fair it's a good book but it's pretty sour to buy a very expensive >but >> sloppy book that's immediately replaced by an better edited version. But >if >> Wrox priorities shipping and debiting over their brand and reputation I >> guess that's their business. >> >> mvh >> ---- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> "Reinventing the wheel since 1977" You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
