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Is there a way to get Poor Charlie's Almanack in electronic format? I looked for it on Amazon, but no luck.

warrenmar 10y ago
You can get it direct from Charlie. https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ You can even get an signed copy.
dharmon 10y ago
It's basically a coffee table book, so I doubt there is an electronic version. A big chunk of the material (I hesitate to say 'all') is transcripts from various talks that you can legally find on the web (like "The Psychology of Misjudgment"), so maybe a good place to start is looking at the table of contents and searching for each.
steveeq1 10y ago
Not available in electronic format, unfortunately. It's very well illustrated though. I read it, twice in fact, and can vouch it is a very, very good book. It's basically a collection of charlie munger's speeches and writings. An example of one such speech is here: https://old.ycombinator.com/munger.html https://old.ycombinator.com/munger.html If you like that, you'd probably like "Seeking Wisdom" which is part of the same publishing house. (And not sure if this matters, but it's a favorite of Nassim Taleb's as well). https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/orderform_2016.php https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/orderform_2016.php
dredmorbius 10y ago
It's a popular library item: http://www.worldcat.org/title/poor-charlies-almanack-the-wit-and-wisdom-of-charles-t-munger/oclc/250631679&referer=brief_results http://www.worldcat.org/title/poor-charlies-almanack-the-wit... Many public libraries now include scanners at which books may be duplicated. There are guides (a good one is on Wikimedia) for creating PDF or DJVU output from scanned images. This is also one of the best uses of a larger-format tablet (9-10"). Sadly a neglected form-factor, and sadly, no current mainstream tablet is really an acceptable user environment (Android, iOS).
551199 10y ago
You can find it as a good quality PDF from the internet but there isn't official version sadly. As someone who reads 99% of my books in Kindle or on iPad it's a shame you can't even buy lot of books in electronic format.

You can get it direct from Charlie. https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ You can even get an signed copy.

dharmon 10y ago

It's basically a coffee table book, so I doubt there is an electronic version. A big chunk of the material (I hesitate to say 'all') is transcripts from various talks that you can legally find on the web (like "The Psychology of Misjudgment"), so maybe a good place to start is looking at the table of contents and searching for each.

steveeq1 10y ago

Not available in electronic format, unfortunately. It's very well illustrated though. I read it, twice in fact, and can vouch it is a very, very good book. It's basically a collection of charlie munger's speeches and writings. An example of one such speech is here: https://old.ycombinator.com/munger.html https://old.ycombinator.com/munger.html If you like that, you'd probably like "Seeking Wisdom" which is part of the same publishing house. (And not sure if this matters, but it's a favorite of Nassim Taleb's as well). https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/orderform_2016.php https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/orderform_2016.php

dredmorbius 10y ago

It's a popular library item: http://www.worldcat.org/title/poor-charlies-almanack-the-wit-and-wisdom-of-charles-t-munger/oclc/250631679&referer=brief_results http://www.worldcat.org/title/poor-charlies-almanack-the-wit... Many public libraries now include scanners at which books may be duplicated. There are guides (a good one is on Wikimedia) for creating PDF or DJVU output from scanned images. This is also one of the best uses of a larger-format tablet (9-10"). Sadly a neglected form-factor, and sadly, no current mainstream tablet is really an acceptable user environment (Android, iOS).

551199 10y ago

You can find it as a good quality PDF from the internet but there isn't official version sadly. As someone who reads 99% of my books in Kindle or on iPad it's a shame you can't even buy lot of books in electronic format.