From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" Date: 2006-09-20T12:07:47+09:00 Subject: Re: [ADV] Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book is now available Gregory Brown wrote: > On 9/19/06, Jeremy McAnally wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> Sorry for popping in like this with a commercial, but I'm excited that >> I'm finally finished! :) >> >> I just finished up my Ruby book, which is the first of two volumes >> that will eventually grow into my Ruby/Rails book. It's a short (144 >> pages in all), learning Ruby book that walks you through the steps to >> learn Ruby from the basics like variable assignment and flow control >> to using XML-RPC, databases, and more. > > Interesting. Vaguely off topic but have you seen what the book looks > like in print? I was considering using Lulu.com for the Ruport Recipe > book once it is completed, along with some other things, but haven't > seen any books produced by them yet? > > I'm just curious if the quality of the printing is decent. > >> From the preview, your book looks neat. I might need to check it out, > if only to see how Lulu's service is :) > > I have an Axiom manual printed by (and purchased from) Lulu. It is well bound and well printed. I'd recommend them based on that.