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Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by alecdibble » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:33 PM UTC

Thanks! That is quite the discount.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by droob » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:36 PM UTC

Be warned that this is a very clunky e-book port -- they don't make much effort to adapt the sidebars and quotes to .mobi format, so you end up reading into the middle of them without realizing it.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by jlarocco » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:37 PM UTC

goochtek wrote: post #4

milesf wrote: post #2

I see a price of $31.47

I see $31.99 in Australia. The interesting thing though is that the link has a referral code in it. Maybe the submitter is trying to make some money on it with some bait and switch ?

I just bought a copy for $2.99, so it's not really a bait and switch.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by ninetax » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:39 PM UTC

This is really an excellent book. I feel like this book was the pivotal thing that really let me see how the small amount of programming I knew could be so much more with the practices preached in that book.

It took me from "OK I get how to program in Java, but how the heck do I build this cool stuff I see everyday?" to "oh, if I wanted to do that I can see pretty much how I would build it (regardless of language)"

It's a must read.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by jlarocco » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:41 PM UTC

I hope this trend catches on.

Between my Kindle and iPad, I'd really like to never buy a physical book ever again. But then I still have four full book cases from before Kindle existed. I want to "upgrade" to ebooks, but I don't want to spend the money. At $3 each, I'd at least upgrade some of the better ones.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by iceron » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:46 PM UTC

Affiliate tag? Not cool.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by goochtek » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:53 PM UTC

Any US users want to help us foreigners out by gifting it for the $2.99 price?

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by matthewlmcclure » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:55 PM UTC

goochtek wrote: post #4

milesf wrote: post #2

I see a price of $31.47

I see $31.99 in Australia. The interesting thing though is that the link has a referral code in it. Maybe the submitter is trying to make some money on it with some bait and switch ?

No bait and switch intended. I guess the $2.99 price isn't available everywhere. It worked for me in the US.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by andyl » Wed, Aug 15, 2012, 11:59 PM UTC

iceron wrote: post #16

Affiliate tag? Not cool.

I don't agree. Was glad to get notified about this bargain. IMHO this is what affiliate programs are for.

Re: Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99

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Post by skeletonjelly » Thu, Aug 16, 2012, 12:08 AM UTC

jlarocco wrote: post #13

goochtek wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see $31.99 in Australia. The interesting thing though is that the link has a referral code in it. Maybe the submitter is trying to make some money on it with some bait and switch ?

I just bought a copy for $2.99, so it's not really a bait and switch.

As somebody else mentioned the referral code lasts for 24 hours.