Is there a sample chapter? It's hard to know if I want to purchase it without knowing anything about how the book is written or whether it tried to achieve its purpose.
Sample chapter: https://gumroad.com/l/wzchen.com/s/the_data_science_handbook...
The Data Science Handbook
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#12I'd love to read a sample chapter or at least a few pages before buying the complete book.
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#14Flashy website, but a quick background check of the contributors reveals that they've barely been working at their respective positions for over a year.
In any event, kudos on providing an interesting narrative.
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#15Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Sounds like you pay $5. If you don't buy it the authors will be worse off since they won't have any money.
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#16Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Buy it for $19. Even if your aren't that interested in the topic just one potential insight from that book will make it worth way more than the $19USD.
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#17Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Pay $5. Their marginal cost is essentially $0. I'm willing to bet the authors would rather have the $5 than nothing, and that is probably why it was priced this way.
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#18Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Pay $5 for it; if you find it useful or more valuable than intended then buy another 'copy' for the rest of the perceived value.
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#19Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Sounds like you pay $5. If you don't buy it the authors will be worse off since they won't have any money.
Yeah, although I am not a big fan of "the ends justify the means" saying :)
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#20I'd love to read a sample chapter or at least a few pages before buying the complete book.
Can you not download it for free, and essentially do that?