Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010)

Re:Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010) by jnurmine on Saturday December 14, 2019 @07:12AM (#21789119)

I tried Safari/O'Reilly Online and I think it is too expensive.

The time I can spend every month for "extra" reading translates to roughly one book. For 49 USD a month, I could just buy the book secondhand every month (and even sell it further when done).

I would have happily paid 5 USD a month, but 49 USD, that's way too much for the value, for me.

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Re:Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010) by Cephalopterus on Saturday December 14, 2019 @08:06AM (#21789313)

I wish they had pricing based on countries PPP instead of a flat international pricing, it's kinda expensive if you're not from a first world country cause atleast where I am, $588 (49x12) would easily pay for a semester of college. O'Reilly does have local reprints of the books for slightly cheaper through their partners here but I wish they would also implement a similar pricing discount for Safari

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Re:Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010) by cptnapalm on Saturday December 14, 2019 @08:34AM (#21789428)

If you have a local library system, it might have a subscription. It saves the library a lot of money versus physical copies and gives the user a lot more possibilities.

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