This is the nail in the coffin for me when it comes to purchasing books from Apress. If my memory serves me right, both Peter Cooper (Beginning Ruby) and Mark

This is the nail in the coffin for me when it comes to purchasing books from Apress. If my memory serves me right, both Peter Cooper (Beginning Ruby) and Mark Pilgrim (Dive into Python) had "hiccups" as well dealing with Apress. Average or below quality marred with treating the people like this is enough red marks to stay away from them. Note: I know there are a few books that HN-ers love published by Apress such as the XYZ At Work series. That particular series, no pun intended and not to disrespect to author, is totally different when you compare it to technical books.