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I find safari particularly nice because i can scan the mostly poorly
written computer books and decide which might be an actual value to
purchase. If your interested in a terrific style guide you should
check out the missing manual writers guidelines. They seem quite
useful and reflect a well written set of books. Its a shame the
missing manuals only cover basic software and not advanced topics. I
find more and more that authors who write programming texts make
subjects both confusing and needlessly complex. And often incorrect.
Rob . . Who has tech edited major publisher computer books. Ugh.
On 4/21/07, Eric J. Ray <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com> wrote:
>
>
> Nancy Allison wrote:
> > Is anyone using Safari Library or Safari Bookshelf? Are you happy
> > with it?
> >
> <snip>
>
> > Any experiences with this, I'd like to hear about them. I *think* it
> > sounds great -- at $20 per month, far, far cheaper than my usual
> > outlay for technical books.
> >
> > --Nancy
>
> Nancy,
>
> I use Safari and really like it. I vaguely object to not having
> off-line access to the books, but it's a tremendously useful way
> to get the info I need quickly.
>
> As an author...well, I'm not so sure about it. It certainly
> results in buying fewer books....
>
> Eric
>
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