Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:36:44 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Cc: John Purser <johnmpurser@home.com>, "'J McKitrick'" <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: amazon email response Message-ID: <20000406153644.A21956@rtfm.net> In-Reply-To: <20000324093208.C9572@wopr.caltech.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:32:08AM -0800 References: <20000324150922.A89498@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <000901bf95ac$e09c0ca0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> <20000324093208.C9572@wopr.caltech.edu>
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On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:32:08AM -0800, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 08:20:31AM -0800, John Purser wrote: > > > I'm trying to avoid the big guys and I want a good selection, rapid > > shipping, and a good web site. In short, Amazon without the patent issue. > > I recommend fatbrain.com; they have an excellent selection of > technical books and a decent (and, it seems to me, expanding) > selection of other books. In my experience, the claimed availabilty > for an item is accurate. The search engine is a little weak, > not having a good idea of "best match". Bookpool.com...selection isn't to die for, neither is their search engine, but when they DO have what you're looking for, it comes pretty cheap. 20% off and up on tech books. > -- > Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * UNIX is a lever for the > http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey -- Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> [http://www.rtfm.net] "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train." --/usr/games/fortune To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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