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Re: Hardcopy of "DocBook: The Definitive Guide"
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Hardcopy of "DocBook: The Definitive Guide"
- From: Sylvan Ravinet <sylvan at ravinet dot com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:36:44 +0200
- Organization: http://www.ravinet.com
- References: <19991019162313.B14585@devserv1.ellipsys.com>
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Steve Greenland wrote:
> As a gentle prod to those you asking for .ps and .pdf versions so you
> can print them, consider buying (*gasp*) the book.
That's what I will do as soon as I have money for it.
>It is fairly generous
> of ORA to allow Norm to publish the book online.
That's right.
>You can order it from
> fatbrain.com for $30, and if you consider the real cost of downloading,
> printing and binding (including time and materials), it's probably
> cheaper, and certainly a better result.
Better result, for sure, but not cheaper (at least for me).
> (Not connected with ORA or OASIS or Norm in any way. Also not trying to
> start a flame war, just someone who has discovered that the "cheap way"
> usually isn't.)
Ok, maybe for those of you who are working professionnals, the right way
would be to buy the book. But I'm a student, currently full-time
student, so I don't have a lot of money available to my expenses. I'm
sorry to say that buying the DocBook Def. Guide is not one of the first
items on my to-do list.
So if one of you have a part time, distance job, for me,
(http://www.ravinet.com/cv.html) then I promise I will buy Norm's book
asap.
-Sylvan
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