I hope this becomes an annual event.
In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
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Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#22Isn't a bit distasteful to use the occasion of someone's death to sell books?
Hucksters are opportunists.
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#23What, if any of these, make sense to a mid-level C developer: read K&R inside and out, had a bit of code in the kernel, worked on a major "C+", i.e., "C with classes" project?
The only one of these I own are "Mastering Algorithms with C" (fairly useful) and "Understanding the Linux Kernel" (rather useful and well written, could actually be used for an graduate/advanced undergraduate operating systems class).
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#24Isn't a bit distasteful to use the occasion of someone's death to sell books?
Especially that the offer does not seem particularly good since they are only ebooks and seem overpriced in the first place. The physical books are already cheaper on Amazon and kindle versions cheaper still. Edit: Just had a thought that any profit on these sales should really go to a charity or foundation.
O'Reilly's ebooks are DRM-free. Kindle version is not.
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#25I would be far more impressed and gratified if Prentice Hall were cool enough to offer Kernighan & Ritchie's classic "C Programming Language" (2nd Edition) at 1/2 off their $57.99 sticker-shock price. http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernigh...
I saw a copy of this at my local Borders for about $25 during their final sale. Sadly I made the mistake of not purchasing it because I was already in the process of learning a few other languages. I figured the price on Amazon would probably be about the same. I was mistaken.
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Especially that the offer does not seem particularly good since they are only ebooks and seem overpriced in the first place. The physical books are already cheaper on Amazon and kindle versions cheaper still. Edit: Just had a thought that any profit on these sales should really go to a charity or foundation.
Little know trick (I don't use it) that O'reilly himself probably frowns upon but doesn't discourage is that if you regitster a physical book with the ISBN you can get the ebook for 5 bucks. You only need the ISBN for this. O'Reilly has said many times he prefers that as many people as possible read the books. And hopefully enough will pay for them to make them viable. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on his belief ab…
Would you mind giving more details on where one could register the ISBN, do you have a link ?
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#27I would be far more impressed and gratified if Prentice Hall were cool enough to offer Kernighan & Ritchie's classic "C Programming Language" (2nd Edition) at 1/2 off their $57.99 sticker-shock price. http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernigh...
You can probably find it for significantly cheaper (i.e. <$10) on cheap, fluorescent-looking paper imported from overseas.
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#28I would be far more impressed and gratified if Prentice Hall were cool enough to offer Kernighan & Ritchie's classic "C Programming Language" (2nd Edition) at 1/2 off their $57.99 sticker-shock price. http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernigh...
I don't even want to think about the cost of this book right now. I recently cleaned out a huge pile of old computer books, stacking them into "keep" and "trash". My copy of K&R is currently missing. Odds are pretty decent that it's floating in a slurry of paper pulp. With any luck I loaned it out and forgot about it. I'll still never see it again, but at least it's still doing something useful.
You can pick up the first edition for a dollar or two. The second doesn't have any groundbreaking information that I'm aware of.
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#29I highly recommend "The Linux Programming Interface". It's one of the best book out there.
Re: In honor of Dennis Ritchie, 50% off all C/C++ ebooks
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Little know trick (I don't use it) that O'reilly himself probably frowns upon but doesn't discourage is that if you regitster a physical book with the ISBN you can get the ebook for 5 bucks. You only need the ISBN for this. O'Reilly has said many times he prefers that as many people as possible read the books. And hopefully enough will pay for them to make them viable. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on his belief ab…
Would you mind giving more details on where one could register the ISBN, do you have a link ?
https://members.oreilly.com/account/register/index
You need to register a Oreilly.com account. Once you do that you should be able under Your Products and then Print Books to upgrade them to Ebooks for 4.99.
It's a crazy good deal. I've also seen people just buy the book off the Android app store and export the epub out of the app. I think the Adiko book app will do that for you.