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In fact some books are good(+) and others are terrible(-). I recently have read a few O'Reilly books on iPhone programming. + Head First iPhone Development: Th

• allennoren 16y ago
  Regarding reviews on oreilly.com, I can assure you that isn't true. While all product review systems are open to manipulation (Amazon has been dealing with this from the beginning.) we're careful to verify reviewers. All reviews, good or bad, are welcome, and you'll find plenty that are painful for us and our authors, such as this one: http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010067/ http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010067/
  • bk21 16y ago
    I don't think many of reviewers know even how to compile the source codes not to mention how to program it. The authors seem to mob their friends or families to post favourite reviews that are just superficial. ---------------- Especially Brian Jepson and the mobile series are the most problematic. I think he should have chosen qualified authors in the first place. Me and my friends are not evening considering the forthcoming books even with intriguing titles in the O'Reilly mobile series( ... Augmented Reality ..., etc. with animals or birds on their cover). Those are DOA by the wrong authors. You (or the authors) can cheat readers once, however those readers never return. I think the TRENDS of the sales figures have already told this fact. READERS NEVER RETURN.
    • bjepson 16y ago
      Your claim that the reviews are fake is untrue. These are genuine reviews. But if you don't believe me, I can't change that. I can change what ends up on the printed page, though. We want these books to be the best they can be, and if you want to help, here's how: Submit errata for the book when you find a mistake: For Learning iPhone Programming, it's http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/create/errata/?b=5073 http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/create/errata/?b=5073. For the Cookbook, it's http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/create/errata/?b=15595 http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/create/errata/?b=15595. We don't pay people for errata, but I'll make an offer to you and anyone else reading this: for every 10 new errata submissions of yours that we can confirm, I'll give you an O'Reilly ebook of your choice free. Be a tech reviewer on an upcoming book: We do pay a modest honorarium for this. You'd be reading the book, looking for mistakes and other issues. Contact me for details. To take me up on either offer, drop me an email at bjepson at oreilly. Act now, and I'll hook you up with an early access ebook for an upcoming book that I'm working on, Programming iOS 4: http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010258 http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010258. I'd be interested in your opinion of that book. Thanks, Brian
      • bk21 16y ago
        Hi Brian, Thanks for great offer. It is a great honour to be a tech reviewer for O'Reilly. However, for some personal reason I can't accept your great offer. I believe you can find better tech reviewers than me. For erratas, - Learning iPhone Programming: It's almost been a year. I forgot the details. - iOS 4 Progg Cookbook: Vandad doesn't deserve any errata submission from readers. But I think anyone who have read some of Apple's document could easily find errors in the book. You said that book is for medium to advanced developers. I am just curious about how you measure the level of developers. He just made the clear cut documents hard to understand and even wrong sometimes. (Who says PROCEDURE in C world? Who on earth add frameworks to target not project? is application:didReceiveLocalNotification: method called when in background? Have you ever open anyone of the sample code projects in recent Xcode?) Thanks,
        • bjepson 16y ago