Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 16:14:16 +0100 (BST) From: " Stephen P. Butler" <stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.org, "Charles B. Robey" <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Subject: Re: New 4.4BSD book - group buy Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960508161143.20473A-100000@platon> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960508090203.26270C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu>
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On Wed, 8 May 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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. > > 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. I'd be interested in getting a copy of this book. If you need a European person to arrange reshipping then I may be able to volunteer if we can sort out how to cover postage. Regards, S. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Stephen Butler |stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk | |Computer Science Undergraduate. | | |Royal Holloway, University of London.| | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------
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