On Mon, May 2, 2005 11:44 am, Daniel Grant said: >> On Mon, 02 May 2005 11:19:16 +1200 >> Zane Gilmore wrote: >> >> > Nick Rout wrote: >> > > None of it cheap, but if you are looking for technical >> > > books its a great place. Good for OT books too :-) >> > You're absolutely right there. >> > Although I counted about 6 different Linux magazines the >> > cheapest was $16 the most expensive was over $30! >> > >> > Some interesting looking mag's though. >> >> yep and the O'Reilly books seem to start at $85 odd, with >> many of them in the high $90 bracket. > > Price doesn't seem to be their selling point. Bigish > selection and "nice atmosphere" do. Technical == bl**dy expensive. Everywhere. I've got O'Reilly's Sendmail in front of me, and that cost GBP 42.50 [NZD 111 at todays rate] a number of years ago! > >> Hence the subject line... >> >> Still, its a nice place to browse. I saw another list >> member reading comics ... oops I mean graphical novels. > > Do the technical books also have the security tags placed on > them in the most inappropriate places? I completly forgot > to look at the technical section when I visited, but noticed > the nasty white tags in the middle of the GNs on the artwork > and decided not to shop there. > > Maybe that is what the "This page left intentinally blank" > page is for? > > Also, what is the size of the computer books selection > compared to say Whitcoulls in town? Is it worth going back > in? > > Daniel > The selection is far, far greater. The books are also more relevant... maybe because they've just stocked it.
Steve -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
