On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Bruce Wade <[email protected]> wrote:
> The other book would be version 4 of the official manual. Bought it > because I didn't think it would be free online until much later. The official manual online version is available in HTML for free since the version 1.0, the PDF and PaperBack is released under a fee. That is the way it works since the beginning, you only have to pay for a book if you are not satisfied with HTML version, and if you want to have it on mobile reader or in physical paper. Another reason to buy is that it is a way to thank Massimo for the free and excellent work he does developing, answering questions and documenting web2py since the beginning and also help him to buy some pots of caffeine, so he can be always awake answering our questions and fixing bugs :) If you see some PDF or digital version for free, so it is piracy, and there is nothing we can do to stop this, even this new cookbook may become available on download sites for free. In my point of view, buying books on amazon, packt or another bookstore is also good for web2py advertisement, publishers will ask us all to write more books and web2py will be more visible! If I have enjoyed an open source software and also if I get some money working with an open source software. I always consider giving donations, paying for beers and coffees and buying some related stuff. -- Bruno Rocha [http://rochacbruno.com.br]
