The book is sitting on a server in China and I would have to assume it is an illegal copy. Not something folks here should be using.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 7:58:03 PM, you wrote: m> is this what everybody is looking for?? m> http://booksforpeople.blogspot.com/2008/03/definitive-guide-to-sqlite-free-book.html m> there are other sources for free ebooks m> Laurie m> Mike Owens wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Martin Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Mike Owens wrote: >>> > I've been lobbying Apress to release the book in electronic form for >>> > free. It's currently under consideration, but I've not heard anything >>> > back yet. >>> > >>> That seems a bit extreme - how about a user generated/funded index on >>> the web somewhere? >>> Download and print a PDF, stick it in the back of the book and... >>> >> >> I wasn't referring to releasing the book as an exclusive solution to >> the index problem, but rather for the community and SQLite in general. >> Fixing the index issue would just be a nice dividend. I am indebted to >> Apress for picking up the book and putting substantial resources into >> making it a good book (they truly made it a much better book than it >> ever would have been otherwise), and I would like to see them recoup >> their costs and benefit in any way they so desire. But I couldn't care >> less for any gain on my part. I wrote the book for SQLite. Don't get >> me wrong, I jumped at the chance to write a book when offered to me, >> but my main concern is that the book helps people and furthers the >> project. As long as I can avoid getting vilified on Amazon, I'm happy. >> Ultimately, I would love to see this book turn out like the "Dive Into >> Python" book, which is available online, or the >> Subversion/Samba/Asterisk books. I think it is in keeping with the >> open source philosophy. But the decision in this case is not mine >> alone to make. Regardless of their decision, I applaud Apress for >> their continued efforts in supporting books on open source software, >> and the people who reward their efforts by purchasing them. >> >> -- Mike >> >> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Martin Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Mike Owens wrote: >>> > I've been lobbying Apress to release the book in electronic form for >>> > free. It's currently under consideration, but I've not heard anything >>> > back yet. >>> > >>> That seems a bit extreme - how about a user generated/funded index on >>> the web somewhere? >>> Download and print a PDF, stick it in the back of the book and... >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sqlite-users mailing list >>> sqlite-users@sqlite.org >>> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> sqlite-users mailing list >> sqlite-users@sqlite.org >> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >> >> m> _______________________________________________ m> sqlite-users mailing list m> sqlite-users@sqlite.org m> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users -- Best regards, Neville Franks, http://www.surfulater.com http://blog.surfulater.com _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
