I have been talking to Pearson India about a low cost edition. They have told me that they can bring it out at Rs 699/- per copy. I am waiting for them to get back to me.
~Joe On 13-Aug-07, at 5:27 PM, Sriram Narayanan wrote: > Folks: > > I asked Rajesh from Learning Journey about the Solaris Internals book > and about bulk purchases. > > -- Sriram > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rajesh Babu <rajesh at learningjourney.co.in> > Date: Aug 13, 2007 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: Book enquiry : Solaris internals > To: Sriram Narayanan <sriramnrn at gmail.com> > > > Hi, > > I apologize for the delay in responding. I was out meeting someone. > > I see two titles: > 1. Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and Opensolaris Kernel > Architecture 2. > Solaris Internals: Core Kernel Architecture (Solaris Internals; > Architecture and Techniques #01 ) > > I am not sure which title you are referring to. > > I get only 10% discount on these titles. I can pass the 10% > discount, if > the shipping cost is taken care (shared among you equally). I won't be > making anything on this. The books are pretty heavy too(1.66 kgs & > 1.19 > kgs). The books reach me in less than a week (courier), but the > shipping > cost is high. > > If speed is not an issue, then buying it from Amazon is the best > option. > Group together and buy it from amazon. You get 27% discount. The > slowest > shipping option (3 weeks) costs 5$ + $(7/number-of-people) per > individual. The fastest shipping option (less than a week) costs 9$ +$ > (28/number-of-people) per individual.( > http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=596188) > > Thanks, > Rajesh Babu > >> Rajesh: >> >> A few people I know from the Open Solaris community in India are > interested in this book. But the retail cost of the book is too > much for > their pockets. >> >> Is it possible for you to give discounts for purchases in >> quantities ? > Let's assume that we can buy ten copies. >> >> I'll be forwarding your response to the various Open Solaris user >> groups > in India. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- Sriram >> >> > _______________________________________________ > belenix-discuss mailing list > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/belenix-discuss > http://groups.google.com/group/belenix-discuss
