Calum Benson wrote:
>
> On 28 Jan 2009, at 01:00, michelle olson wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've drafted a feature spot for the OpenSolaris Bible here:
>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/website/content/home_page_draft_25/
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>
> It feels a little odd to me that the book graphic link and the first 
> text link point to different pages, particularly as they both 
> immediately offer you the opportunity to buy the book, but at very 
> different prices.  

Right, I used them both in this draft to find out what is preferred.

> If I was the publisher of a book about OpenSolaris, I'd probably be a 
> little annoyed that the OpenSolaris project itself was making it so 
> easy to purchase the book more cheaply from somebody else :)

I think it is Amazon making it easy :) I'm not too worried about what 
the publisher will think of a feature spot that appears in advance of 
the publication date, but maybe others will agree we should only point 
to the Wiley page.

>
> Perhaps it would also be courteous to mention the name of the 
> publisher, rather than having to click one of the links that takes you 
> to their website to find out?

I've added a link to wiley.com.

-Michelle

>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
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