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Can anyone comment on the quality of O'Reilly books these days? I used to read them long long ago but then their editing standards seemed to take a dive and com
by shortlived 14y ago
Can anyone comment on the quality of O'Reilly books these days? I used to read them long long ago but then their editing standards seemed to take a dive and companies like Apress and pragprog started producing much better quality.
- lukev 14y agoI can only speak anecdotally, not across a wide sample of books. But as an author, O'Reilly's editing staff is way better than Apress. I haven't written for the prags but I like their books.
- jnazario 14y agoas always it depends on the series or topic. myself, i read some of their blogs (esp nat torkington) but rarely read their books any more. i can get what i want elsewhere, for free. if i do pay for a tech book it's usually not a manual or anything tied to a specific version of anything but instead broad paradigms. they did, it seems, go for "filler" instead of "killer".