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There are a number of popular private DropBox shares of computer science and startup ebooks that do the rounds in these tech circles. Yes, we're talking about
by dotBen 15y ago
There are a number of popular private DropBox shares of computer science and startup ebooks that do the rounds in these tech circles.
Yes, we're talking about books that are not legally free
When I go to a startup's offices or a friend's house I often flick through their library of tech books and then find myself picking one or two to buy on my Kindle. I'm sure you do this too.
I find myself doing this with the dropbox share I'm on - I skim through the pdf of an interesting book and then just buy it on my Kindle.
Ask your work colleagues if they are on any such Dropbox shares, there are a few of them.
EDIT: I assumed I'd get downvoted for the above, despite being careful with my wording. Just to be clear: I'm just saying that there are DropBox shares of this content - that is a fact. And that when I go to startups and read their books, I often buy them - this is also a fact. And that your colleagues might already be on these shares - this too is also a fact. That's it.
- okal 15y agoI didn't downvote you, but it's really important to me that the authors give their consent for sharing.
- DanBC 15y agoYes, those are all factually correct. They're not, however, relevant to a thread about "legally free tech books". I didn't down-vote you. But if I posted a comment about Usenet or torrents or other sources of not-legally-free books I'd expect some downvoting or negative comments.