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Any plans for a Kindle or other ebook version? This looks like a fun presentation of an interesting topic, but I'd love to read it electronically on a laptop s

Any plans for a Kindle or other ebook version? This looks like a fun presentation of an interesting topic, but I'd love to read it electronically on a laptop so I can try out the examples.

BinRoo 12y ago
Yup! The eBook is here: http://www.packtpub.com/haskell-data-analysis-cookbook/book http://www.packtpub.com/haskell-data-analysis-cookbook/book
- samstokes 12y ago
  Thanks! I lazily only clicked through to Amazon and didn't see it there. I don't know what's involved in getting the Kindle version into Amazon's store, but it might be worth it, as their buying experience is very slick - one click and you're reading the book in 60 seconds.
  - peatmoss 12y ago
    Having purchased a few of of Packt's books, I have to say that I have not missed the Amazon store infrastructure to get things on to my Kindle. Having a choice in the formats from Packt is kind of awesome. If I want Kindle, I can send to Kindle. If I want proper pagination and the ability to make sure figures haven't been mangled, PDF.
- avitous 12y ago
  Easy enough to get it onto a Kindle after buying from the Packt site, but +1 to looking into getting it on Amazon's Kindle store as dealing with Packt was less than stellar. On first visiting Packt site (thru link on your website) the paper+ebook bundle was shown as $43.99, and I sometimes spring for those if they're discounted enough, especially pre-order (as this is, or used to be anyway). On clicking through that to add to cart, it showed up as $54.99, and on going back to original page it now showed price at $54.99 also. Now the eBook showed up as $9.99 (don't recall what it was on original version of page) so I just went for that instead, as that was pretty well discounted... and it shows up as $10.00 when added to the shopping cart, not $9.99. Upon that, on completing purchase they announced a failure to deliver email to my supplied address (very rarely an issue.) hahaha not worth pinging Packt over a $.01 difference, and I suspect the earlier price changing issue might have been a sale promotion that was changing to a different price effective today (publication date?) or thereabouts, and perhaps old versions of the page were being served... but still... good thing Packt takes Paypal as that kind of thing leaves me a bit disinclined to supply them with my CC number... Anyway, once purchased on Packt's site, they have an 'Email to Kindle' delivery option which worked within a few minutes. Book looks very interesting, and likely a great way to dive in and learn Haskell. Looking forward to it!
  - samstokes 12y ago
    I got the same error message - "Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site admin, if the problem persists." Packt also signs me up to 5 newsletters (not that Amazon doesn't, but that's a problem I already had :)). Still, an ebook this substantial for $10 is awesome. I hope the Packt discount isn't eating into the author's profits :(
    - mark_l_watson 12y ago
      I bought the book for $10 also. Yes it does cut into the author's profits, but tech book authors generally don't write motivated for making a lot of money :-) Rather, the advantages are sharing knowledge and meeting a lot of cool people. I have written several books, and writing is a pathway to meeting interesting people.
      - BinRoo 12y ago
        Agreed! :)
        harry8 12y ago
        Out of interest, why not just self publish on the net avoiding the whole money angle altogether? Is there another advantage in going down that route if it basically doesn't pay?
  - ganeumann 12y ago
    I just clicked through to Packt and the ebook was $26.39. Dynamic pricing?
  - lsllc 12y ago
    Same here. Was showing $43.99 for the bundle, ends up as $54.99 when checking out. Going back to the main page still shows it at $43.99 (but it says "Print cover: $54.99" in small print, whatever this means).
    - 12y ago

Any plans for a Kindle or other ebook version? This looks like a fun presentation of an interesting topic, but I'd love to read it electronically on a laptop so I can try out the examples.

BinRoo 12y ago

Yup! The eBook is here: http://www.packtpub.com/haskell-data-analysis-cookbook/book http://www.packtpub.com/haskell-data-analysis-cookbook/book

samstokes 12y ago
Thanks! I lazily only clicked through to Amazon and didn't see it there. I don't know what's involved in getting the Kindle version into Amazon's store, but it might be worth it, as their buying experience is very slick - one click and you're reading the book in 60 seconds.
- peatmoss 12y ago
  Having purchased a few of of Packt's books, I have to say that I have not missed the Amazon store infrastructure to get things on to my Kindle. Having a choice in the formats from Packt is kind of awesome. If I want Kindle, I can send to Kindle. If I want proper pagination and the ability to make sure figures haven't been mangled, PDF.
avitous 12y ago
Easy enough to get it onto a Kindle after buying from the Packt site, but +1 to looking into getting it on Amazon's Kindle store as dealing with Packt was less than stellar. On first visiting Packt site (thru link on your website) the paper+ebook bundle was shown as $43.99, and I sometimes spring for those if they're discounted enough, especially pre-order (as this is, or used to be anyway). On clicking through that to add to cart, it showed up as $54.99, and on going back to original page it now showed price at $54.99 also. Now the eBook showed up as $9.99 (don't recall what it was on original version of page) so I just went for that instead, as that was pretty well discounted... and it shows up as $10.00 when added to the shopping cart, not $9.99. Upon that, on completing purchase they announced a failure to deliver email to my supplied address (very rarely an issue.) hahaha not worth pinging Packt over a $.01 difference, and I suspect the earlier price changing issue might have been a sale promotion that was changing to a different price effective today (publication date?) or thereabouts, and perhaps old versions of the page were being served... but still... good thing Packt takes Paypal as that kind of thing leaves me a bit disinclined to supply them with my CC number... Anyway, once purchased on Packt's site, they have an 'Email to Kindle' delivery option which worked within a few minutes. Book looks very interesting, and likely a great way to dive in and learn Haskell. Looking forward to it!
- samstokes 12y ago
  I got the same error message - "Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site admin, if the problem persists." Packt also signs me up to 5 newsletters (not that Amazon doesn't, but that's a problem I already had :)). Still, an ebook this substantial for $10 is awesome. I hope the Packt discount isn't eating into the author's profits :(
  - mark_l_watson 12y ago
    I bought the book for $10 also. Yes it does cut into the author's profits, but tech book authors generally don't write motivated for making a lot of money :-) Rather, the advantages are sharing knowledge and meeting a lot of cool people. I have written several books, and writing is a pathway to meeting interesting people.
    - BinRoo 12y ago
      Agreed! :)
      - harry8 12y ago
        Out of interest, why not just self publish on the net avoiding the whole money angle altogether? Is there another advantage in going down that route if it basically doesn't pay?
- ganeumann 12y ago
  I just clicked through to Packt and the ebook was $26.39. Dynamic pricing?
- lsllc 12y ago
  Same here. Was showing $43.99 for the bundle, ends up as $54.99 when checking out. Going back to the main page still shows it at $43.99 (but it says "Print cover: $54.99" in small print, whatever this means).
  - 12y ago