The Death of Computer Books
I received my copy of Dr. Dobbs Journal yesterday. It’s one of the few tech magazines I actually still get in the old fashioned paper version. This month’s cover story is Computer Books: Reading Between the Lines, and is a fair assessment of the industry although it is far from complete.
The industry is definitely changing, but you could say that about the magazine industry as well, right CMP?
It was nice, however, to see that this blog was mentioned in the article.
What do you think? Have you purchased your last computer/technology book?
(Photo credit eqqman)
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I have annual subscriotion for almost all the IT magazines, Dr. dobb , Oracle, MSDN, PC Magazine and you will be surprised to know eWeek also (whose secret publishers are Microsoft).
I read the article at Dr dobbs, and thought they were pointing to the writing section of your blog, because i never saw this books section.
By the way i think their suggestion of “blog to book” would be a great idea, particularly for your collecton on writing books and proposal.
There are very few good books on this subject some of my favorites are
http://astore.amazon.com/irajesh-20/002-8658585-8492040?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=13
Hi Chris,
Personally even though I work on a computer all day and read numerous blogs, I still rather read tech books in good old paper. I like to make notes and highlight sections of the book, its also a good chance to get off the computer