The Future of Publishing
I just had the interesting experience of buying a "beta book." Kinda link beta software, it's a book that's not quite ready yet. However, some people (like me) want their info NOW, even if there are some typos or bad formatting. Thus, the beta book. Pretty cool.
Not so cool, though, was the incredibly unsatisfying experience of paying $22 for a pdf. If I put down anything more than $5, I want a dead tree, dammit.
July 30th, 2005 at 5:33 pm
what beta book did you buy?
August 5th, 2005 at 9:27 pm
“Agile Web Development with Rails”. Sounds exciting, no?
August 6th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
wow, right off my amazon wishlist!
isn’t it awkward reading a whole book off the computer screen?