I don't know why technical publishers (i.e. Wrox, MSPress, etc) have not bought into the eBook thing yet. I don't know about everyone else, but I am rarely in the same physical location as my library. I would love to have a drive (HD, DVD, CD...) which contained my favorite references so I always had them with me. I can't count the number of times I have been working with a client and uttered the words - "I know there is a section in that <insert publisher here> book which describes how to...". This has happened to me while working out of town a couple of times and I have actually driven to the nearest bookstore just to look something up. :-)
Regards, curt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox > The only drawback is that you have to sit at a computer, or put it on a > Pocket PC to read it... Can't take it to read in the lounge quite so > easily... > > But yeah, ebooks are a good thing... > > Dino > > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > David Nicholson > Sent: Friday, 26 April 2002 22:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Wrox > > > 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. > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 > > 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.
