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Re:So you’re thinking about self-publishing an I.T. book? by rmc on Monday March 21, 2011 @08:04AM (#2349320)
Tech books depreciate quickly. I'd guess a 5-10 year old Ruby or javascript book would not have a lot of resale value.
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Re:So you’re thinking about self-publishing an I.T. book? by silentbicycle on Monday March 21, 2011 @08:15AM (#2349353)
Not necessarily; that says more about Ruby and Javascript than anything. I have plenty of tech books from ten or twenty years ago that are still valuable resources. Actual computer science books have a much longer shelf life than "$Tech_of_the_moment In Action".
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