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Direct link http://nginx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Building_Microservices_Nginx.pdf http://nginx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Building_Microse...

• josteink 12y ago
  I'm pretty sure the idea behind publishing this free book was gathering leads and potential customer-data for future marketing. You know, if it's free, you're the product and all that yadda yadda. By posting the direct DL link here, you are discouraging similar free offers in the future. If I were you and I appreciated free offers, I would consider editing my post.
  • lukasm 12y ago
    Then they should sent the pdf not give a link to it, for me it says "share it". I have given O'Reilly my email before, but the content is absolute crap. They are spamming me even though I have cancel the subscription 3 times, hence direct link may bring them more marketing value than bunch of spam-only emails with fake names and phones numbers.
  • hackerboos 12y ago
    Unlikely to garner much favour declaring 'Free Ebook from O’Reilly and NGINX' and giving away only 3 chapters...
  • valevk 12y ago
    I think that's why they put the "NGINX ad page" into that ebook.
  • driverdan 12y ago
    > I'm pretty sure the idea behind publishing this free book was gathering leads and potential customer-data for future marketing. This is exactly why the direct link should be shared. I'd bet that most HN users aren't interested in "future marketing."