Interesting observation, Craig. After reading your note I went and looked in the Market. I did a search "o'reilly" to see what would come up. There were a great many ebooks available for purchase. Just looking at the titles one cannot see the original publisher so I did not check many by opening a full description. The titles showed the VAST majority associated with Microsoft technologies. This is not so different from a physical book store but I was disappointed that I did not see a single title associated with Linux. There was one on using Git, a glimmer of more to come, maybe? Alan On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Craig White wrote: > I was going to mention but did not... > > In the Android marketplace, there was a deluge of O'Reilly books > released that felt like a spam wave. Curiously all of the books seemed > to be Microsoft Press titles so I gathered that Microsoft Press paid > O'Reilly to convert and release them but I rather seriously doubt that > the android marketplace is going to big outlet for Microsoft Press > titles (nor the iTunes store). I am gathering that this is a new project > by O'Reilly and they have come up with technology to convert and release > on a myriad of platforms. > > I think the idea is good though and hope to see all sorts of Linux > publications from O'Reilly available in the Android Marketplace but > didn't see them. > > Craig > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 18:25 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: >> looks like a cool deal! >> >> Alan >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Marsee Henon >> Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:02 PM >> Subject: UG News: 45% off Ebook Purchases from O'Reilly >> To: alandd@consultpros.com >> >> >> If you would like to view this information in your browser, click here. >> >> Forward this announcement >> >> Hi, >> >> Can you pass along the following limited time discount to your members? >> >> Special offer for O'Reilly User Group program members: Along with your >> 35% discount off print books, you can now get 45% off all ebooks you >> purchase direct from oreilly.com for a limited time. >> >> When you buy an O'Reilly ebook you get lifetime access to the book, >> and whenever possible we make it available to you in four, DRM-free >> file formats--PDF, .epub, Kindle-compatible .mobi, and Android >> ebook--that you can use on the devices of your choice. Our ebook files >> are fully searchable, and you can cut-and-paste and print them. We >> also alert you when we've updated the files with corrections and >> additions. >> >> Just use code DSUG when ordering online at www.oreilly.com/store >> >> Read more about our ebook formats and the ways to use them here: >> http://oreilly.com/ebooks >> >> Until next time-- >> Marsee Henon >> >> You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with >> O'Reilly Media. Forward this announcement. If you would like to stop >> receiving these newsletters or announcements from O'Reilly, send an >> email to marsee@oreilly.com. >> >> O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA >> 95472 (707) 827-7000 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss