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I had the 2012 print edition. One of the best books available - the best book that I knew - about GC at that time. Anti-pattern: Regarding the 2023 e-book edit
by pdevr 3mo ago
I had the 2012 print edition. One of the best books available - the best book that I knew - about GC at that time.
Anti-pattern: Regarding the 2023 e-book edition, I do not see a way to buy it from the site, or even a link to buy.
- Jtsummers 3mo agoI thought I was missing something but figured they just didn't have a link to purchase it. I ended up going to the publisher's site to track it down: https://www.routledge.com/The-Garbage-Collection-Handbook-The-Art-of-Automatic-Memory-Management/Jones-Hosking-Moss/p/book/9781032231785 https://www.routledge.com/The-Garbage-Collection-Handbook-Th...
- LandR 3mo agoHow on earth is the ebook more expensive than the physical copy!
- PaulRobinson 3mo agoThe physical copy will only get used by one reader (at a time). The ebook is going to be, err, "liberated" more often than not around a dorm? In all seriousness, this is likely a nudge to a preference they have for how they want to sell this and how you should want to buy it.
- LtdJorge 3mo agoThey advertise the ebook as having interactive features and more compared to the print version. Shouldn't it be the preferred one?
- LtdJorge 3mo agoAnd it's not an actual ebook. You have to create an account on the "ebook" provider's site and read it through their website or app.
- pmarreck 3mo agoI hate when they do this. I'd rather just buy the physical book, donate it to a library and then obtain the liberated version of the ebook "elsewhere".
- metalliqaz 3mo agoWorthless.
- rkagerer 3mo agoYuck. I'd never buy that, no matter how much I wanted to read the content.
- toolslive 3mo agoI have the 2012 print edition too and fully concur with the assessment. The best book about garbage collection at the time (and maybe still?)