On 8/25/06, Greg Donald <gdonald / gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/25/06, Dark Ambient <sambient / gmail.com> wrote: > > Congrats Curt. Question though, why is a quick start guide selling for $30 ? > > Here it is for a bit less: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596101325/sr=8-4/qid=1156525193/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-3918823-7043036?ie=UTF8 > > and even less: > > http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0596101325 > > $20 does seem pretty high for a book with less than 200 pages. > Especially since I just picked up Ruby Cookbook brand new from the > used section on Amazon for $31 including shipping, and it's nearly 900 > pages. More pages doesn't necessarily mean more value. Some books are meant to be the size of dictionaries (_ruby cookbook_) - others aren't. The pragmatics' books are often pretty short (ie _Ship It_, _Pragmatic Automate_, _Practices of an Agile Developer are all under 300 pages IIRC), and yet they are almost always worth the $35 direct or ~$20 from Amazon. - rob -- http://www.robsanheim.com http://www.seekingalpha.com http://www.ajaxian.com