[slightly OT] Cocoa development books in electronic form
[slightly OT] Cocoa development books in electronic form
- Subject: [slightly OT] Cocoa development books in electronic form
- From: Erika <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:30:24 +1100
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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