Re: [slightly OT] Cocoa development books in electronic form
Re: [slightly OT] Cocoa development books in electronic form
- Subject: Re: [slightly OT] Cocoa development books in electronic form
- From: Hsu <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:15:47 -0800
Once possibility is:
Buy the book, go to Kinkos (or similar). Have them cut off the spine of
the book, then laminate/seal the pages (this may be expensive), then
attach them to a spiral notebook or such. Except for the lamination, my
wife does this quite frequently (for Opera scripts, but no matter).
Karl
On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 05:30 AM, Erika wrote:
Hello all,
I'm trying to get hold of two books on cocoa development: Cocoa
Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass and Cocoa Recipes (The
Vermont Recipes) by Bill Cheeseman. The problem is, I need them to be
in an electronic format such as PDF. I am a bedridden invalid and am
chemically sensitive, and have 'allergic' reactions to the fumes from
the ink and glue used in printed books, especially paperbacks. I am
learning programming for fun, and use my powerBook while lying down
in bed. real paper books are hard for me to manage, as I am not very
strong. Of course, the newer they are, the more they smell so the
worse they are. These books are of course recently published and
therefore new. Neither of them are even available on Safari.
I even did a thorough search on hotline in desperation, but obviously
nobody had scanned these particular books. does anybody know where
there might be electronic copies available? I have e-mailed Addison
Wesley about the first book, but as yet have received no reply.
Second- hand paperback copies might be acceptable as a last resort,
but paperbacks tend to smell for years. I searched some online
second-hand booksellers and also eBay Australia, but drew a blank. If
anybody has a (preferably well-used) copy of either of these books
which they would be prepared to sell, perhaps we can arrange
something. the closer they are to Australia the better :-)
it seems to be very difficult to get computer programming titles e-
books; I wonder why. There are plenty of e-books available on general
topics. It seems to me that this kind of book should have been the
first to be published in electronic format. After all, programmers are
by definition computer owners, users and computer literate, and
would be reading programming Manuals whilst at their computers, so
there would be much more of a guaranteed audience. they are also more
likely to adopt new technology. They could cut and paste codeT from
an electronic version. In addition, computer books (like computers)
need to be updated regularly, and This is easier and cheaper if they
are in an electronic form. Why on earth are they so hard to find?
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best,
Erica Mackenzie
Megalong Valley,
N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA
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