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This really sucks. It was my favorite place to buy books. It seemed like the one place that had the model closest to being right. - They used to have an ongoi
by manaskarekar 9y ago
This really sucks.
It was my favorite place to buy books. It seemed like the one place that had the model closest to being right.
- They used to have an ongoing discount of 45% and more on special holidays.
- They were DRM free in multiple formats and they gave you discounts on ebooks if you had purchased the print books.
- They had regular updates to ebooks posted in one single list that you could keep up with.
I wish I had purchased all the books on my wish-list before this was announced.
The Safari subscription model makes no sense to my use-case.
I guess that makes Informit.com and No Starch Press my goto book stores. Also Manning and Apress, but their selection is weaker.
- throwaway7645 9y agoI like NoStarchPress, but Manning has waaaay more books.
- billpollock 9y agoGood books take time. We're not in a rush to make lots of them.
- manaskarekar 9y agoThank you for nostarchpress. Also thank you for the humble bundle, please keep them coming!
- throwaway7645 9y agoI agree. I own fantastic books from both NoStarch and Manning and a few from O'Reilly to name a few publishers (I really like tech books). I check NoStarch about once a month to see if there is something new on the horizon and unfortunately there's usually not a huge amount. Manning's MEAP program usually has 25+ books in the works and there are at least 5 I'm waiting on. Tldr; I wish NoStarch published more of their great books.
- gregjwild 9y agoAnd many more to come! We're always on the hunt for new tech to teach in our books (and now videos) No Starch are great too though. I own a few myself :)
- porsupah 9y agoPackt is also worth considering, with a similar lack of DRM and multiple formats. As a nice bonus, every day, they make one title available free - a good means to dip into new technologies just out of curiosity: https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning
- manaskarekar 9y agoYes, I have bought books from them in the past. Thanks.
- coredog64 9y agoPackt is very hit or miss. Some titles are awesome, and others read like a collection of SO answers and out-of-date official documentation.
- williamstein 9y agoI completely agree. I buy a handful of books every year directly from O’Reilly, due to the reasons listed above. I don’t buy $399/year, and even if I did last year, I definitely couldn’t predict that with certainty next year, so I’m definitely not going to subscribe. Bummer.
- KGIII 9y agoCalibre will enable you to remove DRM. It is both handy and quick.
- kronos29296 9y agoWhich is totally illegal by the way.(I think due to DMCA)
- 15charlimit 9y agoEffectively does not matter if you aren't distributing. Format shifting shouldn't be illegal, regardless.
- gmiller123456 9y ago>Effectively does not matter if you aren't distributing. While publishers don't usually go after end users, they do very often go after the people who make and/or distribute the tools. So, just because you can remove the DRM today doesn't mean you will be able to tomorrow. And it usually means you're downloading and running software on your PC by someone who is not deterred much by something being illegal.
- Frogolocalypse 9y agoThe DMCA is an american law. Last time I looked, I don't live in america.
- yellowapple 9y agoPer the wise words of a certain German musical group: we're all living in America.
- Frogolocalypse 9y agoPer the wise words of a certain british poet and philosopher "You can't always get what you waaaaant."