My eyes are still seeing lime green when I blink...
Recipes with Backbone.js
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Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#12It appears the Google Checkout process it broken. I used it, and it just sat there after the transaction cleared. I've got a receipt but no pdf :S Edit: Appears to be fixed now
Same happened to me... c'est la vie :o edit: fixed I appreciate the time the people involved took out of their schedules to get it resolved so painlessly :) Thanks eee_c & ngauthier!
If you have _any_ problems, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@recipeswithbackbone.com. We will work our collective butts off to make sure that everything gets processed correctly.
There seems to have been a delay in Google Checkout itself earlier this evening. Some purchases took upwards of 60 seconds to go through.
Everything looks OK now, though. The most recent purchases were processed in less than 7 seconds.
Sorry for the hassle. No worries, though. We will make it right by our readers!
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#13I'm not sure they have the right price point. Many people will impulse buy something of interest for under $10 - psychologically, that's a small amount of money. I bought Louis C.K.'s comedy show for $5, as it's an amount of money I don't mind wasting - it's a small risk. However at $24, you'll get a number of keen backbone fans - but you won't get all the folks who are interested in backbone, and spine, and ember, a…
Hey korny, I totally agree with you that we're outside the impulse-buy price range and we'd sell more copies if we charged less money. However, our goal from the start was not to make a tutorial for people interested in backbone. Our goal was to make a more in-depth collection of great patterns for intermediate to advanced backbone developers. Hackers are smart, they can read the docs and figure out the basics. We wa…
I'm sorry, but it's not a great price for a poor university student. I have played with backbone and spine some, but putting hacker cleverness aside, books are a great way to cut down the traversal of learning space. It saves time to read distilled knowledge from those who blazed the trail.
That said, best of luck with the book. I respect that you have specific plan in mind.
Edit: Seriously!? Why am I being downvoted over my financial status? Please point out what I did wrong.
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#14you should put one chapter (or even 1/2 of 1 chapter) online - i buy these things in an instant when I can get a taste of what I'm getting ala what Amazon does.
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#15you should put one chapter (or even 1/2 of 1 chapter) online - i buy these things in an instant when I can get a taste of what I'm getting ala what Amazon does.
We can do you one better than that -- two entire chapters are online. Viewable from the table of contents page: http://recipeswithbackbone.com/toc.html
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey korny, I totally agree with you that we're outside the impulse-buy price range and we'd sell more copies if we charged less money. However, our goal from the start was not to make a tutorial for people interested in backbone. Our goal was to make a more in-depth collection of great patterns for intermediate to advanced backbone developers. Hackers are smart, they can read the docs and figure out the basics. We wa…
I'm sorry, but it's not a great price for a poor university student. I have played with backbone and spine some, but putting hacker cleverness aside, books are a great way to cut down the traversal of learning space. It saves time to read distilled knowledge from those who blazed the trail. That said, best of luck with the book. I respect that you have specific plan in mind. Edit: Seriously!? Why am I being downvoted…
Just curious, did you try contacting them and ask for a student discount? That works more often than you'd think.
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sorry, but it's not a great price for a poor university student. I have played with backbone and spine some, but putting hacker cleverness aside, books are a great way to cut down the traversal of learning space. It saves time to read distilled knowledge from those who blazed the trail. That said, best of luck with the book. I respect that you have specific plan in mind. Edit: Seriously!? Why am I being downvoted…
Just curious, did you try contacting them and ask for a student discount? That works more often than you'd think.
Thanks for the feedback.
That seems like a more appropriate option, but it didn't occur to me. I don't mean to act like an ass.
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#18My eyes are still seeing lime green when I blink...
It's not that bad! (Django's site has lots of lime green, for instance.)
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#19I've been following your co-author's blog for a while now and it's great stuff. I'm sure the book is better. But yes, the price will keep me away for now...at least until I read the sample chapters ;).
Re: Recipes with Backbone.js
#20I'm not sure they have the right price point. Many people will impulse buy something of interest for under $10 - psychologically, that's a small amount of money. I bought Louis C.K.'s comedy show for $5, as it's an amount of money I don't mind wasting - it's a small risk. However at $24, you'll get a number of keen backbone fans - but you won't get all the folks who are interested in backbone, and spine, and ember, a…
As long as the content is good $24 is cheap for something I'd consider reading to expand my skill set.