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The Pragmatic Bookshelf 40% Black Friday Sale

42 points by woan 16y ago

johkra 16y ago
I bought "Seven languages in seven weeks", "Behind closed doors" and "SQL Anti-patterns" this morning. (CET) The e-books were available less than 5 minutes after ordering and everything went very smooth.
angrycoder 16y ago
You need to use the coupon code "turkey" at checkout. The discount is not automatic.
blacksmythe 16y ago
New paper copies of the books I looked at ("Seven languages in seven weeks", "Pragmatic Guide to Git") are about 40% off list at Amazon all the time.
- krosaen 16y ago
  those are the two books I bought :)
alabut 16y ago
I highly recommend Pragmatic Thinking & Learning - it probably gets overlooked amongst all the other straightforward howto books but it's the one that's had the biggest impact on me personally. http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-... It's not yet another GTD productivity clone either, it has some interesting research into both the brain, as well as an explanation of how the tech industry is could learn from the educational revolution in the 70's in nursing and health care (of all places!)
- sayemm 16y ago
  yeah, i've heard a lot about this book. just ordered it, kudos
  - alabut 16y ago
    Hope you like it. Ping me with you impressions if you find it interesting - practically no one's heard of this book and it's been my little secret for a year or two.
- runevault 16y ago
  Got this book in last year's sale. Still need to go back and finish it, but it's an amazing book from the ~half I read. Ended up picking up Driving Technical Change because it sounds useful in general, not JUST from a technical perspective.
  - alabut 16y ago
    Oh this is really cool, I never heard of Driving Technical Change. I could definitely use the tips because I've been instigating some technical changes at work recently: svn to git, php to rails, big product features to independent small focused apps, etc. EDIT: I wish we could start an HN book club, but I'm not sure how well the discussions would work virtually. I've attended and moderated a local UX design book club and gotten a lot out of it, so maybe a local HN chapter might work. Also: HN won't let me add a reply to the bottom of this thread, maybe it's one of pg's new features to avoid flame wars?
    - runevault 16y ago
      It just came out a week or two ago, so it's brand new. I haven't started in on it yet (too many other things going on) but the table of contents screamed "Understand how to get past people's misconceptions/preconceived notions" which, I dunno about anyone else, but I could use all the time.
oayandosu 16y ago
I bought Hello Android, TDD screencast series & The RSpec Book. Amazing bargain!
wheaties 16y ago
1 order from Amazon for "Hello, Android" placed Oct. 29th, expected arrival after Dec. 25th with the possibility of a Feb. 22nd delivery date!? But it's in stock over at Amazon... Oh wait, looks like I'll be getting it directly from the source. Go, go, gadget 'turkey.' Thanks for letting me know about this woan. Now I can get it for the same price and don't need to wait a month or more.
randrews 16y ago
Just bought the ebook of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. I liked Bruce Tate's talk on it at Lone Star Ruby Conf; I was going to wait to buy it until I actually had time to read it, but I figure it'll never be cheaper than right now. Looks like a really good book.
rue 16y ago
Got 6 (e)books today for <$100, some ones that I probably would not have gone for without the sale but that will likely be helpful to me. A win-win, I think.
nhangen 16y ago
Just picked up a few myself, thanks for the reminder.

42 points by woan 16y ago

I bought "Seven languages in seven weeks", "Behind closed doors" and "SQL Anti-patterns" this morning. (CET) The e-books were available less than 5 minutes after ordering and everything went very smooth.

angrycoder 16y ago

You need to use the coupon code "turkey" at checkout. The discount is not automatic.

blacksmythe 16y ago

New paper copies of the books I looked at ("Seven languages in seven weeks", "Pragmatic Guide to Git") are about 40% off list at Amazon all the time.

krosaen 16y ago
those are the two books I bought :)

alabut 16y ago

I highly recommend Pragmatic Thinking & Learning - it probably gets overlooked amongst all the other straightforward howto books but it's the one that's had the biggest impact on me personally. http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-... It's not yet another GTD productivity clone either, it has some interesting research into both the brain, as well as an explanation of how the tech industry is could learn from the educational revolution in the 70's in nursing and health care (of all places!)

sayemm 16y ago
yeah, i've heard a lot about this book. just ordered it, kudos
- alabut 16y ago
  Hope you like it. Ping me with you impressions if you find it interesting - practically no one's heard of this book and it's been my little secret for a year or two.
runevault 16y ago
Got this book in last year's sale. Still need to go back and finish it, but it's an amazing book from the ~half I read. Ended up picking up Driving Technical Change because it sounds useful in general, not JUST from a technical perspective.
- alabut 16y ago
  Oh this is really cool, I never heard of Driving Technical Change. I could definitely use the tips because I've been instigating some technical changes at work recently: svn to git, php to rails, big product features to independent small focused apps, etc. EDIT: I wish we could start an HN book club, but I'm not sure how well the discussions would work virtually. I've attended and moderated a local UX design book club and gotten a lot out of it, so maybe a local HN chapter might work. Also: HN won't let me add a reply to the bottom of this thread, maybe it's one of pg's new features to avoid flame wars?
  - runevault 16y ago
    It just came out a week or two ago, so it's brand new. I haven't started in on it yet (too many other things going on) but the table of contents screamed "Understand how to get past people's misconceptions/preconceived notions" which, I dunno about anyone else, but I could use all the time.

oayandosu 16y ago

I bought Hello Android, TDD screencast series & The RSpec Book. Amazing bargain!

wheaties 16y ago

1 order from Amazon for "Hello, Android" placed Oct. 29th, expected arrival after Dec. 25th with the possibility of a Feb. 22nd delivery date!? But it's in stock over at Amazon... Oh wait, looks like I'll be getting it directly from the source. Go, go, gadget 'turkey.' Thanks for letting me know about this woan. Now I can get it for the same price and don't need to wait a month or more.

randrews 16y ago

Just bought the ebook of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. I liked Bruce Tate's talk on it at Lone Star Ruby Conf; I was going to wait to buy it until I actually had time to read it, but I figure it'll never be cheaper than right now. Looks like a really good book.

rue 16y ago

Got 6 (e)books today for <$100, some ones that I probably would not have gone for without the sale but that will likely be helpful to me. A win-win, I think.

nhangen 16y ago

Just picked up a few myself, thanks for the reminder.