Patrick A. wrote:
in this group that would do this in this case but it is something to keep in
mind.
Get real, thousands if not millions of devs need those books, do you
think it would be possible to find thousands or millions of westerners
to send used copy for free? Why should we get out of our way anyway to
respect US copyright laws when it’s obvious that the US doesn’t give a
damn about other countries laws… Anyway this is off topic so I’ll
stop here for this thread, let’s get back to ruby hacking 
Its this attitude that prevents me and probably others from helping.
No, we can’t send everyone in the world that would like a free book a
copy of our used ones, but that doesn’t stop us from helping when we
can. Your post reminds me of a news article I just read about Myanmar.
They are complaining that they aren’t receiving enough “free money”
for the cyclone victims after they told the world to leave them alone.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Darryl L. Pierce [email protected]
wrote:
99USD. The bookstores there were loaded with new, legal printings of
technical books, in English, but are marked as “LPE” (Low Price Edition).
The book says:
“This edition is manufactured in India and is authorized for sale only in
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lank and the Maldives.”
I really appreciate this, and other ways of getting the same books
cheaper.
I buy a lot of books and I think it is relatively expensive in Africa
(but I suppose
mostly due to transport costs).
Cheaper (non-DRM) PDF versions and 2nd-hand books (abebooks.com) are
a real treat for me.
Les
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Avdi G. [email protected] wrote:
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True here in India,for some books, although they may be published
sometimes a year or more later.
Today I just purchased “The Ruby P.ming language” by D.Flanagan
and Matz for Indian Rs.400( $10 ) . This book is priced more than $26
at Amazon.com.
This book can legally be sold only in the Indian Subcontinent and
some countries in African Continent.
Prasad