[sf-lug] Fwd: O'Reilly Gives Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology

[jim stockford]

This looks interesting to me, kind of an open-source
approach to tech book publishing, getting users to
criticize books before they're finally typeset and
printed. check it out.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
> Date: January 23, 2006 1:54:34 PM PST
> To: jim at well.com
> Subject: O'Reilly Gives Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology
>
> Hello,
>
> Can you please let your members know about the following news?
>
> O'Reilly's Safari Books Online has just announced a new service called
> Rough Cuts that gives you early access to content on cutting-edge
> technologies months before it's published. Rough Cuts allows you to
> purchase work-in-progress manuscripts of selected titles. You'll even
> have the chance to shape the final product by sending feedback to the
> author and editors. The beta version just debuted with four
> works-in-progress covering Ajax, Ruby, and Flickr.
> For more information, go to:
> http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/
>
> Titles now available:
> Ajax Hacks: Rough Cuts Version
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxhks/
>
> Flickr Hacks: Rough Cuts Version
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flickrhks/
>
> Ruby Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyckbk/
>
> Ruby on Rails: Up and Running: Rough Cuts Version
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyrails/
>
> Rough Cuts FAQ
> http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/faq.csp
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marsee
>
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