>>>>> "MB" == Matthew Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MB> Uri Guttman wrote: >> are we going to have a tech meeting some time again? it's been a good >> while. i have some swag from o'reilly to give out to book reviewers: the >> perl template toolkit and mastering regular expressions 2nd ed. both are >> well known and liked books so if you want them you just need to put up a >> review on some public site like books.perl.org, amazon, etc. MB> You mean I can't just trade in my old copies?! Jeez, even Microsoft has MB> a discounted upgrade path! ;) MB> Seriously though... I think O'Reilly should start a program where MB> customers can send them the UPC or even the whole cover (making it a MB> stripped book) of a previous edition that they already own so they can MB> get a coupon/certificate/rebate for an additional 5-10% off the next MB> edition. MB> I'm sure Tim appreciates our infinite loyalty, but most people's bank MB> accounts are finite. Besides, if you think about it, at least 5-10% of MB> the content in a new edition was in the previous one(s) and we've MB> already paid for it once, twice and sometimes three or more times over! so mail them the idea. i wouldn't be surprised if had been mentioned before to o'reilly. but you can also sell your older editions and recoup even more than 10% that way. MRE v1 is still a useful book as are several of the earlier editions of other books i know. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
