# Ruby visibility **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [17 November 2005 17:02 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-visibility/22554 "2005-11-17T17:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gregarican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@gregarican](https://rubytalk.org/u/gregarican)\ **Post date:** [17 November 2005 17:02 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-visibility/22554/1 "2005-11-17T17:02:49Z")
I was pleasantly surprised today to drop by the Barnes and Noble booktstore next to my workplace and find two Ruby books on the shelf. One was Pickaxe2 and the other was the Agile Rails book. Compared with some other languages that had Ruby on par with Python in terms of number of books represented... ---
**Author:** ![Luke\_Duncalfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@Luke\_Duncalfe](https://rubytalk.org/u/Luke_Duncalfe)\ **Post date:** [18 November 2005 02:02 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-visibility/22554/2 "2005-11-18T02:02:32Z")
in my local borders in auckland i bought the only ruby book on the shelf and 6 months later it hasn't been replaced! on the flipside, a year ago i went into the 'technical bookshop' asking if they had any books on ruby, and they replied that ruby wasn't very popular. now i see they have pickaxe2 and the agile rails book sitting prominently. 1 for the technical bookshop, 0 for borders. luke "gregarican" \ wrote in message news:1132246891.925885.310620@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > **ยทยทยท** > > > I was pleasantly surprised today to drop by the Barnes and Noble > > booktstore next to my workplace and find two Ruby books on the shelf. > > One was Pickaxe2 and the other was the Agile Rails book. Compared with > > some other languages that had Ruby on par with Python in terms of > > number of books represented...