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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: BOOKS
Message-ID: <51172@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 4 Apr 91 20:01:05 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.164446.9192@potomac.ads.com> jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes:
>
>I think the reasons people are reluctant to purchase Inside Mac are
>twofold:
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>1) Inside Mac is lacking in some information (MultiFinder for example)
>and is poorly written and organized.

Given the objective of Inside Mac to be an encyclopedic reference
rather than a "sitting by the fire" novel, what's wrong with the way
it's written? And other than the fact that relevent pieces of
information are strewn across 5 volumes, what's wrong with the way it's
organized? Within each volume, I think that the information is very
well organized.

>
>2) Cost.  Them there is expensive books guys.

Possibly, but they are also the most _complete_ books. Any other "How
to program the Mac" genre book necessarily skips on all the details
and feature in order to present you with something that you can
wrap your head around. And when you're done with those primers, you
will need a complete, unabridged reference to continue. Only
Inside Mac fills that role.

Besides, they aren't all that expensive. You can get all 5 volumes
from APDA for $125. I paid more for Knuth. On a per volumes basis,
that $25 per volume, which is cheaper than most other computer texts.
On a per page basis, that's about 5 cents per page. Heck, magazines
pay authors that amount per word!
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