Re: Books, the lulu.com scam

[Bill Todd <pg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Adobe ebook reader is available for Windows and Mac. I thought Adobe offered a Linux version too but apparently not. It is not Lulu's fault that Adobe does not offer a Linux version of the ebook reader.

Bill

Alan Gruskoff wrote:

So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I am fine with.

Its not. They download an .acsm file that will only work with their
proprietary Windoze software.

I am really angry with lulu.com about this.

- Alan Gruskoff


On 11/20/2009 11:35 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
  

On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 15:34 -0500, Chris Browne wrote:
  
    

thomas.granvej6@xxxxxxxxx (Thomas Løcke) writes:
        

There's a new series of PostgreSQL books available:

PostgreSQL 8.4 Official Documentation - Volume I
PostgreSQL 8.4 Official Documentation - Volume II

And so on, up to volume V I think.

Would I be supporting the PostgreSQL project by buying these, or are they just
a compilation of the online manuals, done by some random author calling him-/
herself "The PostgreSQL Global Development Group"?  :o)
            

      

Lulu.com has some books of this form...

http://www.lulu.com/product/e-book/postgresql-84-official-documentation---volume-i-the-sql-language/5912706#detailsSection
        

If you are looking for a known contributor to the project for
documentation I would review the following:

http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/postgresql-81-volume-ii/543356