Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 09:19:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.org Cc: "Charles B. Robey" <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Subject: New 4.4BSD book - group buy Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960508090203.26270C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu>
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OK, this is about the recently released Addison Wesley book, The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System, by McKusick, Bostic Karels, and Quarterman. I called Readme.doc, and they said they would be happy to offer a discount, and yes, they would let the agregate of however many FreeBSDers order count against one big discount pool. They said that they'd be happy to arrange shipping, tho they would charge $3/per person shipping. What they want is me to get a list of folks together who want to buy it, so that they can estimate the cost. The book runs (full price) $48.37, and Readme.Doc's discount is: 1-5 books 20 percent off 6-20 books 23 percent off 21-50 books 25 percent off I didn't ask about any more, but it keeps on in like fashion. They said that they DO handle European shipping, but it's very expensive on a book-by book basis. They suggested that maybe someone in Europe could get all the books (shrinking the shipping costs) and then re-ship there, to cut the costs. I'm in Maryland, so I can't do that, someone in Europe is going to have to volunteer that. If you want the book, send me Email about it. Make sure you have a good email return address. Don't send me money, don't send anything like that, I'm just supposed to get names/numbers. I will send back payment instructions when I think I have got everyone (1-2 weeks probably). For folks inthe US, this probably means you'll end up calling Readme.Doc direct, giving them a credit card number, and referencing the FreeBSD group-buy. I'm just supposed to get names so they can figure a discount to offer. I'll repost when I get more info, when I get an idea how many folks want to do this. I have several folks already mailing me, even before I knew Readme.Doc would do this. For your info, I've been using Readme.Doc for some time now, because they discount Unix books (like the 4.4BSD manuals they sold me, and various other O'Reilly books I didn't have to pay full price for). I have never had anything but good service from them. ========================================================================== Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu, I run FreeBSD-current on n3lxx + Journey2 Three Accounts for the Super-users in the sky, Seven for the Operators in their halls of fame, Nine for Ordinary Users doomed to crie, One for the Illegal Cracker with his evil game In the Domains of Internet where the data lie. One Account to rule them all, One Account to watch them, One Account to make them all and in the network bind them.
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