Computer books

Anton Markov anton-F0u+EriZ6ihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Mon Jan 17 00:16:06 UTC 2005


Steve Harvey wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 12:21:22AM -0500, Paul King wrote:
> 
>>But my main point isn't really about who carries the classics. It is more about
>>supporting the same points brought up elsewhere in this thread, that the level
>>of variety has suffered immensely since any meaningful competition has really
>>been smoked out, and the variety and intelligence level of the books has
>>suffered greatly since then.
> 
> 
>   Compounding the problem of the independent computer booksellers with
> the competition from Chapters was the whole dot-bomb, post-Y2K fiasco in
> the computer industry.  Before then, finding a remaindered O'Reilly was a
> rare experience.  Another specialty industry that was also savaged 
> at the time was IT recruitment.  From the perspective of Heather Reisman,
> this may have been a fortuitous development in more ways than one.

This reminds me of an article about an MIT graduate who started a used 
book store and wrote a program to help him sell books online:

<http://alum.mit.edu/ne/noteworthy/book-smart.html>

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