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$50 and I don't even get a real book? that's too steep, man.
by quasarj 3y ago
$50 and I don't even get a real book? that's too steep, man.
- worthless-trash 3y agoThere are continual updates, I bought it a few years ago and hope the author continues.
- wlindley 3y agoI might spring for it if the author had a pre-packaged "You want a printed copy? Click here for a pre-set on-demand copy." Trying to figure how to have one printed and bound, for those of us who aren't self-publishers, is a non-starter. Many of us prefer a real copy, one you can read without batteries, one you can scribble notes in the margin, one you have a spatial feel for where you are in the text, one you can put little color sticky flags and paper clips on the edges of interesting bits. One you can put on your special little shelf by your desk. O well.
- tra3 3y agoI would buy a printed book, I think. I'm not the kind of person that can read a manual cover to cover, but I pick one up occasionally, open a random page and find something interesting/useful.
- iLemming 3y agoThe book is worth every penny. I bought mine years ago for like $25, and since then the author has published multiple new revisions and I still can download them for free. Mickey doesn't do this for profit. There's a word in Japanese - "Ikigai" (you better google it, I'm typing this on my phone). For Mickey Petersen, explaining Emacs is his ikigai. If you're thinking of using Emacs for longer than two weeks, buy the book, you will never regret it.
- unbornmaster 3y agoDoesn't do it for profit but sells it for $50, make it make sense? I don't care about the price because he does great work, but he really should allow those who want it in printed form to have the option.