Re: Suggestions for AoE 3rd Ed.

From: Ian Stirling (root_at_mauve.demon.co.uk)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: 23 Dec 2004 17:30:30 GMT

Guy Macon <_see.web.page_@_www.guymacon.com_> wrote:
>
> Winfield Hill wrote:
>
>> All I can say for our book is we worked hard on it, and it has to stand
>> on its own. We're making major modifications for the third edition, and
>> are happy to hear suggestions,
>
> Three comments:
>
> Please make sure that the binding is as good as the last edition.
> I have seen other technical books cheapen up the binding, and AoE
> is a reference that I use a *lot*.

Me too!
I'd also appreciate an electronic edition.

I understand the reasons for not providing one, but it means that
I tend to end up scanning books like this that I reference often anyway,
so I don't have to carry around my library everywhere I go.

I note that searching on "Art of Electronics" on a peer-peer network
does not result in no results.
(something that I find a pity).

It's worth noting that in some cases, publishers that make available
electronic editions relatively inexpensively (Baen) are not posted very
often on the ebooks groups, and requests tend to be met with "buy it, it's
cheap".

I wonder about a live online version, but that'd be a LOT of work.

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