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That's because Packt, unlike O'Reilly titles, are the shovelware of the programming textbook market. They have a pretty sorry business model. Lots of copypasta-
by wyclif 3y ago
That's because Packt, unlike O'Reilly titles, are the shovelware of the programming textbook market. They have a pretty sorry business model. Lots of copypasta-style content slapped up into a book, then sending free copies of the book in exchange for reviews.
- bradley13 3y agoI wondered about that. I just looked at the table of contents, and there is far, far too much stuff in this book. Either it is 2000 pages long (it's not), or it is incredibly superficial.
- zerkten 3y agoThey will take on literally anyone as an author. Authorship gets you kudos in the increasingly large segment of programmer influencers.