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I feel bad that writers of quality programming books don't get paid more for their efforts. Yet I too am guilty of finding ebooks for free, maybe I'm a hypocri
by matthewfelgate 6y ago
I feel bad that writers of quality programming books don't get paid more for their efforts.
Yet I too am guilty of finding ebooks for free, maybe I'm a hypocrite.
The problem with paying for books is its like £30+ up front before you find out if the book is any good or not. And lots of programming books are very badly written.
You might make more money by making a series of Youtube videos than writing a book?
- gmiller123456 6y agoI too have downloaded a lot of e-books, but really have a hard time with managing them. Several years ago I decided to subscribe to Packt's e-book service, at $10/mo it's a pretty safe investment to try out. I honestly found the fact that it manages the book for you (favorites, folders, keeps the right page amongst multiple devices, history, etc) was pretty much worth the price. After the first year I upgraded to SafariBooksOnline, which is quite a bit pricier, but has all of the Packt, Orieley, and more books. There are still a lot of books that suck, or aren't what you're looking for, but you do get to look at the whole thing before investing any more money or time into it.
- cosmodisk 6y agoI've been pirating all I can since the first time I got my hands on a computer: from Windows to AutoCAD,etc. Fast forward some years, and I'm the one in the company who decides that we need more and more from Microsoft,so the bills just keep going up. I often download an ebook, read a few pages,if it's any good,I buy it from Amazon. I can't recall really reading any pirated book for more than a few pages, as I either delete it or just get a hard copy.