YARGH! Why didn't I wait? Echoing Esther's sentiments, I love this book.
Dónal On 2 Nov 2011, at 19:36, Esther wrote: > Hi all, > > There have been recent questions from new users about good sources about the > learning the Mac, and particularly the new Mac OS X Lion operating system. > I've mentioned the Take Control Guide series: "Take Control of Using Lion" by > Matt Neuberg. David Pogue's "Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual" published by > O'Reilly Press has just been released, and is available for purchase at 50 > per cent discount, or $13.99, today only from O'Reilly's web site. Here's > the link to the O'Reilly deal of the day web page for Pogue's books: > http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/pogue.do > O'Reilly sells its book without DRM (digital rights management), so they can > be viewed on any platform or reader. When you purchase ebooks directly from > them, you create a user account, and get permanent access to all ebook > versions of the book that are available, and these are automatically updated > for any corrections or additions to the latest version. Current versions > are ePub, PDF, and Mobi. They've also been releasing their popular books in > DAISY format, though that's usually some weeks later. (The previous version > of the Missing Manual for Snow Leopard is in DAISY format, for example.) > > O'Reilly does make its books available through Bookshare, and includes their > titles in the internationally available content. However, if you are not a > member of Bookshare, or simply want early access and access to the range of > multiple formats (so you can download the ePub version directly from the link > in your login account through Safari to your iPhone or iPad and open and read > it under iBooks, for example), this is a very good deal. > > Other popular David Pogue Missing Manual titles are also on half price sale > today, but I'll point out that a new version of his Missing Manual for the > iPhone, as well as to his guide to Switching to the Mac, are due to come out > in about a month. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
