gvim, aside from the rather poor taste of critiquing a book's pricing in the second reply to the announcement of that book. Perhaps also consider that one book is named "Mastering", while the other is a introduction to web programming. I have not read either of these books, but shouldn't we prefer to evaluate the monetary worth of a work based on the content and the amount of time it took to produce?
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:14 AM, gvim <gvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/04/2016 05:46, Akhil Wali wrote: > >> I'm pleased to announce that Mastering Clojure has been published. >> This book is a fast paced exploration of the more advanced features of >> the Clojure language. >> It also demonstrates a handful of interesting libraries, such as >> core.async, pulsar, core.logic and cats. >> >> https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-clojure >> https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-Clojure >> http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Clojure-Akhil-Wali/dp/1785889745/ >> >> It's been almost a year since I've started working on this book. >> A big thanks to everyone involved! >> >> > Congratulations, Akhil. > > To anyone intending to publish, please think twice before going with Packt > as their pricing is ridiculous. Compare "Mastering Clojure" with "Web > Development with Clojure" (Pragmatic Bookshelf): > > "Mastering Clojure" - 266 pages / 42.82 Euros = $48.81 > "Web Development with Clojure" - 250 pages / $24 = 21.05 Euros > > O'Reilly and Prag Prog books are also better produced, IMHO, with less of > the sidebar padding you find in Packt books. > > gvim > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.” (Robert Firth) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
