just because you have the PDF doesn’t mean you can give it away
for free
actually, yes it does. They’re two separate publications.
I believe the original poster meant “you can’t give it away to
multiple people for free.” Substitute “may not” for “can not” and the
statement is true.
Our unique scheme of selling non-DRM’d books is predicated on our
readers being fair and responsible–clearly the model breaks down if
lots of folks pirate the books to others.
So far our readers have been wonderful, and the PDFs remain
unrestricted.
You have probably heard this a couple of thousand times, but AWDWR
is a great book. Its worth 10x the price (funny what books sell
for). The fact that I could get it as a PDF was just awesome. It’s
cheaper, saves trees, lighter when I travel, faster to search…
well, I’m sure you know the list and that’s why you came up with the
idea. Anyhow…summary: Thanks. I hope you author MANY more.
And as for people trying to grab stuff for free, you know, it just
doesn’t work (for the people who don’t pay). I am an author and used
to give courses on extreme human performance. Some people would try
to rip off my stuff. The problem was that if they valued it, they
would happily pay for it and if they would not pay for it, they could
never use it. All progress requires work. The attempt to get things
without paying becomes endemic in an individuals character and
prevents them from getting anywhere with what they have stolen.
I wrote that not to you, but to whoever else might be reading it.
I’m sure that most of the people on this list are easily smart enough
to appreciate and pay for fine, quality work.
As I once wrote in the front of a book of mine which people often
borrowed
"This book is my property. Thus, I invite you to return my book and
grow as a person. Honesty is its own reward, whose depths are
boundless. "
Bruce
PS. For those of you reading this who think I might be dumb - I am
not referring to crime not paying as in “money” but rather in a more
profound sense that that. People acquire money to be happy but those
who try to receive more than they give, never do become happy. A
curious fact, that one and a fact much overlooked.
I’m a RoR n00b that has been lurking for a week or so. About two weeks
ago I bought the text version of Agile Web D. with Rails.
Today, I bought the .pdf version because I run a Sony Notebook and find
a .pdf more user friendly. Therefore I have the text to give away for
free. If anyone in the continental US would like the copy please let me
know and I’ll mail it out.
Adler
I cannot believe how many people read this, thought you were offering to
give away the .pdf version, and then commented.