# A new Ruby book **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 19, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201 "2010-09-19T16:12:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/1 "2010-09-19T16:12:32Z")
Hello People, Outof love of Ruby, I have written a book for self study. Now its available at [Page Not Found | Lulu](http://is.gd/fgJWM) , hope you find it useful. ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/2 "2010-09-19T19:04:43Z")
Karthikeyan A k wrote: > Outof love of Ruby, I have written a book for self study. Now its > available at … Notes to other list members: (1) This appears to be a pay-for only publication. You can pay either for a printed copy, or pay for a download. There appears to be no way even to browse the table of contents before you pay. (2) Later on it says “(GNU Free Documentation License)”. I don’t see how this ties up with (1). (3) The cover artwork looks like a generic image from an underwear catalogue. This makes me wonder whether it’s some sort of scam, but it certainly won’t be me who finds out. ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/3 "2010-09-19T19:26:15Z")
Female underwear? ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/4 "2010-09-19T21:49:16Z")
Ruby S. wrote: > Female underwear? Yep. I guess I should have said that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/5 "2010-09-19T22:13:26Z")
Brian C. wrote: > Karthikeyan A k wrote: > > > Outof love of Ruby, I have written a book for self study. Now its > > available at … > > Notes to other list members: > > (1) This appears to be a pay-for only publication. You can pay either > for a printed copy, or pay for a download. There appears to be no way > even to browse the table of contents before you pay. Euh, sure you can browse the ToC (and the first 12 pages). Click the “preview” link below the cover. > (2) Later on it says “(GNU Free Documentation License)”. I don’t see how > this ties up with (1). Clicking that preview links shows you can download the PDF from [http://mindaslab.in/ilr/](http://mindaslab.in/ilr/). > (3) The cover artwork looks like a generic image from an underwear > catalogue. > > This makes me wonder whether it’s some sort of scam, but it certainly > won’t be me who finds out. Its not a scam. ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/6 "2010-09-20T03:46:55Z")
Brian C. wrote: > Karthikeyan A k wrote: > > > Outof love of Ruby, I have written a book for self study. Now its > > available at … > > Notes to other list members: > > (1) This appears to be a pay-for only publication. You can pay either > for a printed copy, or pay for a download. There appears to be no way > even to browse the table of contents before you pay. > > (2) Later on it says “(GNU Free Documentation License)”. I don’t see how > this ties up with (1). > > (3) The cover artwork looks like a generic image from an underwear > catalogue. > > This makes me wonder whether it’s some sort of scam, but it certainly > won’t be me who finds out. The free version is in [http://mindaslab.in/ilr](http://mindaslab.in/ilr) , but its a beta one. It may contain some advertisement in future. ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/7 "2010-09-20T07:08:59Z")
People my website is temporarily down. Don’t know what really happened, talking with hosting guys. So please bear the inconvinience. ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/8 "2010-09-20T01:46:45Z")
Paul H. wrote: > > This makes me wonder whether it’s some sort of scam, but it certainly > > won’t be me who finds out. > > Its not a scam. IT IS when you start asking to pay for it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mindaslab](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mindaslab)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-new-ruby-book/195201/9 "2010-09-20T10:35:47Z")
Paul H. wrote: > > (1) This appears to be a pay-for only publication. You can pay either > > for a printed copy, or pay for a download. There appears to be no way > > even to browse the table of contents before you pay. > > Euh, sure you can browse the ToC (and the first 12 pages). Click the > “preview” link below the cover. In Chrome under Linux (Ubuntu Lucid x86\_64), that just opens up a blank white rectangle, with just a small “X” in the top right-hand corner to close it. I guess it’s Flash. I have FlashBlock installed, but I don’t see the usual “Play” icon. Other Flash sites work just fine.