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From: tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: O'Reilly X Books
Message-ID: <1163@ora.UUCP>
Date: 13 Sep 88 14:30:00 GMT
References: <469@pan.UUCP>
Organization: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Newton, MA
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In article <469@pan.UUCP>, jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson) writes:
> 
> I've just read the announcement in comp.newproducts about the new release
> of the O'Reilly books on X.  I would like to make a few comments about
> these books, for the benefit of those who haven't had time to investigate
> them yet.
> 
> My first complaint about these books is their binding.  The earlier
> editions were loose-bound, so they were at least convenient to use
> on a cluttered desk.  The new editions are "perfect bound" - glued
> down the spine.  This makes it impossible to get them to stay open
> to a particular page, and thus essentially useless on a cluttered
> desk.
> 
I'd like to leave replying to other comments to Adrian Nye,
the author of the book...but I'd like to take this
opportunity to poll readers on whether they prefer comb-
bound or perfect-bound books.  We've always done comb-bound
books in the past, for precisely the reason that they lay
flat.  However, we had feedback from a number of readers (as
well as from bookstores) that they considered them less
professional ("not quite a real book"), and generally less desirable.

We're more than willing to publish our books in comb-bound
format if the general consensus is that this is preferable.
Please reply by mail if you think this topic is worth
addressing.


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