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It's probably something to do with the way I was brought up, but I
find myself unable to write in books, or fold the corners of pages -
I just feel that there is something terribly wrong with defacing a
book - even one that I've printed out and spiral bound.<br>
<br>
Most of my books are still in pristine condition - although I have a
Delphi 3 book that's started to look a bit worn.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Alister Christie
Computers for People
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On 16/09/2011 11:02 a.m., Jeremy North wrote:
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<p>I haven't paid a hundred dollars for a book for years. I hated
reading on the ipad. Recently bought some html 5 books from
amazon. Didn't pay more than 25 each and most under 20. Shopping
is pretty good as well. I speak in aud dollars. I'd rather have
something to hold and write on. Especially for tech books. <br>
Everyone is different I guess.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 16/09/2011 8:51 AM, "Alister Christie"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alister@salespartner.co.nz">alister@salespartner.co.nz</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
> I've been reading ebooks on my iPad 2 for some time now and
found iBooks <br>
> to be really good for reading both PDFs and .epub files
(which I usually <br>
> get for $10 daily deals or half price on O'Reilly). The
Safari reader <br>
> is nowhere near as good, but still very usable. I don't
think I could <br>
> handle reading a book on my laptop or desktop (I use to
print the out <br>
> before my iPad). The number of books in Safari is huge
(13,500) and <br>
> it's hard to know where to start, I'm currently watching
"The Douglas <br>
> Crockford JavaScript Master Class" - which is pretty good
(I've read his <br>
> JavaScript the Good Parts previously) and reading "Clean
Code" - mostly <br>
> because I was so impressed with "The Clean Coder" which I
think has been <br>
> discussed here previously.<br>
> <br>
> Alister Christie<br>
> Computers for People<br>
> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.salespartner.co.nz">http://www.salespartner.co.nz</a><br>
> Follow us on Twitter <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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> PO Box 13085<br>
> Johnsonville<br>
> Wellington<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 16/09/2011 10:09 a.m., Laurence Bevan wrote:<br>
>> Hi Alister,<br>
>><br>
>> Our company has used Safari since almost its inception.
We upgraded to a<br>
>> full unlimited subscription about 3 years ago and still
save thousands on<br>
>> buying paper books. A single annual fee for access to
thousands of technical<br>
>> books is a pretty great deal when any hard copy books
remotely related to<br>
>> development or IT seem to have several hundred dollar
price tags these days.<br>
>><br>
>> The only thing I have found is having to get used to
reading them online,<br>
>> although a Safari subscription entitles you to several
download tokens per<br>
>> month and most of the time I find I only want a book
for one or two<br>
>> chapters, and you can purchase additional tokens if
needed.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Laurence Bevan<br>
>> Master Business Systems Ltd<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz</a><br>
>> [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz</a>]
On Behalf Of Alister Christie<br>
>> Sent: Friday, 16 September 2011 9:26 a.m.<br>
>> To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz">delphi@delphi.org.nz</a><br>
>> Subject: [DUG] O'Reilly have 50% off ebooks and videos<br>
>><br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/b2s-special.do">http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/b2s-special.do</a><br>
>> Although I've given up and subscribed to Safari,
obsessed as I am about<br>
>> collecting books (and sometimes reading them), I've
decided that paying a<br>
>> monthly tax is going to be cheaper.<br>
>><br>
>> Does anyone else use Safari (which has 30% off at the
moment by the way)?<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Alister Christie<br>
>> Computers for People<br>
>> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266<br>
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>><br>
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