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This week's new programming books

43 points by acangiano 16y ago

wccrawford 16y ago
The problem with listing every new book is data overload.
- acangiano 16y ago
  The books you see are actually a hand-picked selection. Depending on the category, there could be hundreds of new books released each week. What we do is narrow it down to a small group of what we think are the most interesting books (an algorithm sorts the list of books from most to least likely to be interesting, and then we hand-pick).
mdaniel 16y ago
Also, Pragmatic Programmers is offering the 3rd edition of their Pickaxe Ruby book for USD$10 (paper or ebook) http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2010-11-11.html http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2010-11-11.html It also says that owners of previous editions get the upgrade for free. I have not yet researched to see if that is their policy across the board, but it's a mighty fine gesture, either way.
- acangiano 16y ago
  Yup, that was announced after I prepared the list for this week. It will be included next week.
- pan69 16y ago
  I was looking at this one the other day but unfortunately the book description has some disclaimer: "For various technical reasons, the eBook version is a PDF: epub and mobi versions of this title will NOT be available." I definitely need a .mobi version of my ebooks since PDF are unreadable on my Kindle. I wonder what these technical reasons are...
  - thibaut_barrere 16y ago
    I think it's now available in epub and mobi. Check again!
    - acangiano 16y ago
      Confirmed. It's available in .pdf, .epub, and .mobi.
      - pasbesoin 16y ago
        Thanks, mdaniel; I picked up a copy (eletronic and print). As regards the former, I was able to access all three formats.
- pasbesoin 16y ago
  Upgrades are only within an edition (aka revisions, I guess), not across editions. I just confirmed this with one of the authors. I'm not complaining -- each edition must be a lot of effort; just noting.
nathanwdavis 16y ago
I'm pretty excited about 'Seven Languages in Seven Weeks'. Just waiting for the Kindle edition to release.
- riklomas 16y ago
  You can get a .mobi, .epub and PDF version in the eBook bundle on Pragmatic Bookshelf: http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-w...
  - nathanwdavis 16y ago
    Great, thanks for the tip. I had only looked on amazon.com
matrix 16y ago
I like the concept, but it would be nice to see a better selection of books about the craft of building software, rather than language guides. For example, books along the lines of "Code Complete", "The Pragmatic Programmer", etc.
- acangiano 16y ago
  When new releases along those lines will be out, we'll definitely include them. The problem is that those are a lot less frequent than language guides. People who subscribe to the service won't miss either though.
shiftpgdn 16y ago
If you sign-up for the newsletter why can't it all come in a single e-mail versus a separate e-mail for each category?
- acangiano 16y ago
  If you were to include all the books in a single email, you may potentially have kilometric emails. What I plan to do is implement an option to receive links to the archived newsletters (aka posts). I may also make the option of subscribing via feed more prominent (it's never going to be the focus of the site, but some people dislike the idea of a newsletter).

43 points by acangiano 16y ago

wccrawford 16y ago

The problem with listing every new book is data overload.

acangiano 16y ago
The books you see are actually a hand-picked selection. Depending on the category, there could be hundreds of new books released each week. What we do is narrow it down to a small group of what we think are the most interesting books (an algorithm sorts the list of books from most to least likely to be interesting, and then we hand-pick).

mdaniel 16y ago

Also, Pragmatic Programmers is offering the 3rd edition of their Pickaxe Ruby book for USD$10 (paper or ebook) http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2010-11-11.html http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2010-11-11.html It also says that owners of previous editions get the upgrade for free. I have not yet researched to see if that is their policy across the board, but it's a mighty fine gesture, either way.

acangiano 16y ago
Yup, that was announced after I prepared the list for this week. It will be included next week.
pan69 16y ago
I was looking at this one the other day but unfortunately the book description has some disclaimer: "For various technical reasons, the eBook version is a PDF: epub and mobi versions of this title will NOT be available." I definitely need a .mobi version of my ebooks since PDF are unreadable on my Kindle. I wonder what these technical reasons are...
- thibaut_barrere 16y ago
  I think it's now available in epub and mobi. Check again!
  - acangiano 16y ago
    Confirmed. It's available in .pdf, .epub, and .mobi.
    - pasbesoin 16y ago
      Thanks, mdaniel; I picked up a copy (eletronic and print). As regards the former, I was able to access all three formats.
pasbesoin 16y ago
Upgrades are only within an edition (aka revisions, I guess), not across editions. I just confirmed this with one of the authors. I'm not complaining -- each edition must be a lot of effort; just noting.

nathanwdavis 16y ago

I'm pretty excited about 'Seven Languages in Seven Weeks'. Just waiting for the Kindle edition to release.

riklomas 16y ago
You can get a .mobi, .epub and PDF version in the eBook bundle on Pragmatic Bookshelf: http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-w...
- nathanwdavis 16y ago
  Great, thanks for the tip. I had only looked on amazon.com

matrix 16y ago

I like the concept, but it would be nice to see a better selection of books about the craft of building software, rather than language guides. For example, books along the lines of "Code Complete", "The Pragmatic Programmer", etc.

acangiano 16y ago
When new releases along those lines will be out, we'll definitely include them. The problem is that those are a lot less frequent than language guides. People who subscribe to the service won't miss either though.

shiftpgdn 16y ago

If you sign-up for the newsletter why can't it all come in a single e-mail versus a separate e-mail for each category?

acangiano 16y ago
If you were to include all the books in a single email, you may potentially have kilometric emails. What I plan to do is implement an option to receive links to the archived newsletters (aka posts). I may also make the option of subscribing via feed more prominent (it's never going to be the focus of the site, but some people dislike the idea of a newsletter).