# Amazing Prices for Ruby Books on Amazon

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 22, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazing-prices-for-ruby-books-on-amazon/55620 "2006-03-22T15:32:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazing-prices-for-ruby-books-on-amazon/55620/1 "2006-03-22T15:32:18Z")

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The pickaxe is available on Amazon for $28.32 USD right now and Learn to  
Program by Chris P. is available for $12.97 USD. If you don’t have  
either  
of these books, you should and now would be a great time to order them.

Programming Ruby  
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974514055/](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974514055/)

Learn to Program  
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976694042/](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976694042/)

Sean C.

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**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazing-prices-for-ruby-books-on-amazon/55620/2 "2006-03-22T16:05:13Z")

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On 3/22/06, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Sean C.

[nerdbooks.com](http://nerdbooks.com) has better prices:

pickaxe: USD26.95  
[http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0974514055](http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0974514055)

Learn to Program: USD11.97  
[http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0976694042](http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0976694042)

Stuart

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**Author:** ![smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/amazing-prices-for-ruby-books-on-amazon/55620/3 "2006-03-22T17:57:19Z")

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stuart yarus wrote:

> > [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976694042/](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976694042/)
> 
> Learn to Program: USD11.97  
> [http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0976694042](http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=0976694042)
> 
> Stuart

save a tree, buy the searchable, updated, PDF –  
[https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby-2nd-edition/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html) ( then kill a  
tree by printing it ).