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> Hey, that is BS.  There's ways to get promo copies of books,
> and I was just down at Fry's the other day and I saw a whole stack
of
> O'Reilly books of various titles (Firewalling was one) in the
clearance
> rack for $14.95 per book.  Besides that, don't you have a library?

Heaps of libraries but the only ones that have any O'Reilly books are
the
universities, and those copies are for reference only. The problem
with
anything originating in yankeeland is that the exchange rate of 48c in
the $USD
more than doubles the local price, then there is the margin expected
by local
bookshops to contend with. I'm getting some from a discount place in
the US
(probably end up costing about $A60 each). We did contact the promo
department at O'Reilly some months back but haven't heard from them
yet.

> Checking the local county library here I see they have 1 copy of
"FreeBSD
> for dummies" and many of the O'Reilly titles.  You can suggest that
your
> local library purchase some titles and it sure wouldn't hurt to help
them
> out by volunteering some time.
>
Far too specialized for local authority libraries .... Apana is
gradually acquiring
O'Reilly books / CDs but because of the cost its a slow job.


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