From: Greg Donald <gdonald@...>
Date: 2006-08-26T02:13:15+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] My book is out -- Ruby on Rails: Up and Running

On 8/25/06, Dark Ambient <sambient@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congrats Curt.  Question though, why is a quick start guide selling for $30 ?

Here it is for a bit less:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596101325/sr=8-4/qid=1156525193/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-3918823-7043036?ie=UTF8

and even less:

http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0596101325

$20 does seem pretty high for a book with less than 200 pages.
Especially since I just picked up Ruby Cookbook brand new from the
used section on Amazon for $31 including shipping, and it's nearly 900
pages.


-- 
Greg Donald
http://destiney.com/