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Re: Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code

#21

Adding the promo code in the Checkout section doesn't trigger or reset the price and it's still asking me to continue checking out using either credit or paypal. What am I doing wrong here?

maybe old cookies? try incognito window (crtl-shift-n in chrome)

Re: Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code

#22

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If you do it right (i.e, just have one book in the cart), the button should say Check Out For Free

oh ok, so it's restricted to only 1 book?

One free ebook per account, apparently

Re: Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code

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Any recommendations for well-written books?

You could try mine: http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-for-indexing-data/book . It's quite popular and comes with a GitHub repo for the examples.

As an Packt author, can you opt out of those everything-free discounts?

How do you feel that a huge number of potential buyers gets your book today for free?

Re: Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code

#29
post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could try mine: http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-for-indexing-data/book . It's quite popular and comes with a GitHub repo for the examples.

As an Packt author, can you opt out of those everything-free discounts? How do you feel that a huge number of potential buyers gets your book today for free?

I was not given any options at all, for this or other promotions. No do I know if I will get paid for copies they give away for free. I suspect not.

As to getting the book for free, please do. I have something even more interesting in the works. I would love for you to read my book, get excited about Solr, get on my mailing list http://www.solr-start.com/ and pay me for my next project eventually.

The authors usually do not get rich of the books (though I did cover my tiny advance and more). The rest of the conclusions is left as an exercise for the reader.

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