In the text description, they say, it is a new book and they send it within
1-2 working days,
so that you could have it in Britain in 2-14 days, depending on how much
postage you are
willing to pay.
I had ordered another book from that company and their service was very good
(I am not related to that company.)
If you have questions, you can send emails in English to people in Germany.
Alternatively, there seem to be several copies available from booksellers in
the
US, but nothing at a reasonable price in the UK. See the list from ISBN.nu at
_http://isbn.nu/0672320835_ (http://isbn.nu/0672320835)
If you just want to have a look at a copy or photocopy some pages , you can
find it
in several libraries in the UK:
You can trial safari for a bit I think. It's also much easier to
search the book online too! Matz's ORA book and Sams Teach Yourself
are also on there.
Jon
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On 4/20/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
> O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
> it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
What *I* want to know is when do we get an updated copy, Hal? Surely
you've got plenty of fresh material to wow us with...
I saw the subject line without a '?' and thought this was an announcement.
I don't know whether to laugh at my mistake or be sad that it's not true.
···
On 4/19/05, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Hal Fulton wrote:
James Edward Gray II
--
thanks,
-pate
-------------------------
We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because
they want to know something else, and would therefore only
misunderstand what we said
- the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)
O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
What *I* want to know is when do we get an updated copy, Hal? Surely you've got plenty of fresh material to wow us with...
James Edward Gray II
This might be a good question to ask the publisher instead of Hal. We need to let them know we're willing to part with real money for a copy of a new edition.
O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
What *I* want to know is when do we get an updated copy, Hal? Surely you've got plenty of fresh material to wow us with...
Ha... it's still a possibility. I've got other projects that keep me
away from it at the moment...
It would be a tough update, of course... 30% of the work would be
(a) ripping out old stuff and (b) deciding what not to cover.
That's assuming people don't want a 4,000 page book published in
2009 and weighing as much as a Volkswagen.
Well I'm buying Tom's book so thanks everybody. But I'd forgotten
about safari, and might look into that as well for other books.
Ta all
Glenn. Who is now suffering from flu-symptoms :o(
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On 4/20/05, Jon Lim <snowblink@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/20/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
> it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
You can trial safari for a bit I think. It's also much easier to
search the book online too! Matz's ORA book and Sams Teach Yourself
are also on there.
It would be a tough update, of course... 30% of the work would be
(a) ripping out old stuff and (b) deciding what not to cover.
That's assuming people don't want a 4,000 page book published in
2009 and weighing as much as a Volkswagen.
O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
What *I* want to know is when do we get an updated copy, Hal?
Surely you've got plenty of fresh material to wow us with...
Ha... it's still a possibility. I've got other projects that keep me
away from it at the moment...
It would be a tough update, of course... 30% of the work would be
(a) ripping out old stuff and (b) deciding what not to cover.
That's assuming people don't want a 4,000 page book published in
2009 and weighing as much as a Volkswagen.
I, for one, would enjoy having a "The Art Of Ruby Programming".
Ha... it's still a possibility. I've got other projects that keep me
away from it at the moment...
Hal if Sams didn't go with a 2nd edition, or the volumeisd way
suggested by botp, could you take the title and content to the Prag
Prog imprint?
It would be a tough update, of course... 30% of the work would be
(a) ripping out old stuff and (b) deciding what not to cover.
That's assuming people don't want a 4,000 page book published in
2009 and weighing as much as a Volkswagen.
Hmm, not sure our new bookshelves could take the weight but it would
give our cats something high to perch on.
--
thanks,
-pate
-------------------------
We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because
they want to know something else, and would therefore only
misunderstand what we said
- the Raven (George MacDonald, Lilith)
