C# BOOK

[Eric]

Hello pachanga,

the best way to save some money is buy a basic book, learn it for 25
days, and return it for a moderate level book, after 25 days, return
that one. And, get a advance C# book and if you think u picked a good
advance book, keep it... unless you can return that one and get
another advance book...

Don't you think the authors deserve to be compensated for their work? By paying for it (and not returning it), you're also encouraging them to write other books.

 

[Richard Grimes [MVP]]

I got the one C# book from ebay for 1/2 price, brand new

Hmmm, bear in mind that in spite of the price of computer books, the author
gets very little. If you buy a book second hand then the author will get
nothing. Would you like to spend 6 months of your life working on a book and
get very little for it?

If you buy a book second hand then why not send a buck or two to the author,
(that would be equivalent to the royalty he would get on a full price book)
to encourage the author to continue writing.

Richard

 

[Eric]

If you buy a book second hand then why not send a buck or two to the author,
(that would be equivalent to the royalty he would get on a full price book)
to encourage the author to continue writing.

I don't think computer book authors will get rich either way.

If a person buys a book then it comes with an understood "fair use"
permission which includes the right to sell it.

One example of "unfair use" would be distributing a copy of a book in
PDF form over the Internet.

Eric

 

[Richard Grimes [MVP]]

I don't think computer book authors will get rich either way.

If a person buys a book then it comes with an understood "fair use"
permission which includes the right to sell it.

You are absolutely right about this. I was just asking you to think a little
further and consider that computer books do take a lot of time and effort. I
was pointing out that people should consider buying the new book first, and
go to the second hand market only if the new book is not available. But its
your conscience...

One example of "unfair use" would be distributing a copy of a book in PDF
form over the Internet.

Very true, and it happens all too often.

Richard

 

[Sahil Malik]

Is it just as bad as downloading music from the internet?

To me writing a book is not about making money. It's the passion of learning
and strengthening my learning even more by distributing knowledge - the only
thing that grows when you give out more of.

I just started my second and I intend to do a damn good job

- Sahil Malik
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

 

[_BNC]

I don't think computer book authors will get rich either way.

If a person buys a book then it comes with an understood "fair use"
permission which includes the right to sell it.

That's correct, of course. On the other hand, some real experts are
taking the time to hand off their expertise with relatively little
monetary gain. I suppose that Richard's reputation for writing excellent
books doesn't hurt his consulting fees (or whatever else he does to make a
living) but I understand what he is saying.

Mr.Grimes also doesn't get paid for taking considerable time to help
others with problems that they post here (I can testify).

_B

PS: Uh-oh...now I suppose I have to write him a check. Damn.

 

[Richard Grimes [MVP]]

PS: Uh-oh...now I suppose I have to write him a check. Damn.

<g>

Richard

 

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