Apr 1, 2008

Perl by Example not on O'Reilly's Safari

I like Safari. It's a great product that I pay ~$500 a year for. I just started a Perl class and the book is Perl by Example. Guess what it isn't on safari or at least searching for the exact title doesn't find it. I've queried the O'reilly and Prentice Hall people. I pay $500 a year, all the rest of the 'By Example' Books are there, I want my book.

EDIT: O'Reilly's response

Thank you for contacting us about this.

Please note that the books available on Safari Books Online are added to the service at the exclusive discretion of the individual publishers by their internal online content teams and according to their internal guidelines and procedures.

Hence I have forwarded your title request to the respective online content team for consideration. Also please note that due to various resource restraints, our participating publishers may not be able to make all titles available on Safari.

If you have any other questions, please reply to this email. We will be glad to help you in this regard.

EDIT: It's been a couple of weeks and the teacher has given an assignment from the book. The book is still not of safari. I will have to buy it, it seems.

EDIT: It's out now Perl by Example, 4th Editon


Ah typical as usual some company has made my life harder even though I'm paying them to make it easier, given I understand the reason. But I don't have to like it.
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5 comments:

  1. In response to this request, Prentice Hall will be uploading the new fourth edition of Perl by Example to Safari by the end of April. There is a conversion process that takes time, hence the delay.

    Safari Books Online is a joint venture between O'Reilly and Pearson (which owns Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Que, Sams, Peachpit, New Riders, etc.) We at Safari do our best to respond to customer requests for titles published by these companies--and others that we distribute, as well. In this case, the book in question was published by Pearson, not O'Reilly. Pearson had digital right to the book (which isn't always the case in publishing), so they were able to make it available on Safari.

    We always welcome requests like this from our subscribers. Keep them coming.

    --Safari Books Online

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  3. safari comment deleted was a duplicate of the first. No reason to have 2.

    I'm also happy to see that there will be a relatively quick resolution to the matter. Hopefully quick enough that I don't have to buy the book for my class.

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  4. The book you requested, Perl By Example, 4e, by Ellie Quigley, is now available in Safari Books Online. http://safari.informit.com/9780132381826

    Good luck, and hope you do well in your class.

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  5. Given what we had for an early mid-term. I'm going to need it.

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