[juneau-lug] Lending Library

From: James Zuelow <e5z8652@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: jlug <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:53:33 -0900
During last night's meeting the subject of O'Reilly books and the lending 
library came up.  Nels offered to donate some technical specs on processors to 
the library, which started off a discussion of how & why we get new books.

Essentially, we can get new books just by asking.  But they're not free - you 
have to work for them.  I don't have time to read and write up a book review 
for each one.  Now we have two books that have been "out for review" since last 
summer.  Since they haven't come back with a review, I haven't been asking for 
new ones from O'Reilly.

So if you see an O'Reilly title that you're interested in and think would be 
good for the library, let me know and I'll ask for that title.  On condition 
that you write a review.

We could also set up the program where you review a book you like, and then 
just keep it.  The lending library page would then change over to a review 
page, probably organized by subject, etc.  That might be easier to manage, so 
I'm not carrying around a box of books all the time.  (Or more likely, not 
carrying the box when someone asks for a book.)

Let me know what you think.  Also, for those "lurkers" out there, you don't 
actually have to show up to the meetings to get in on stuff like this.  
Everyone should have my e-mail, just send me a note if you want to review a 
book, have a question about the web site, want to help out (hint hint) etc.

Cheers,

James

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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:08:31 -0800
"Marsee Henon" wrote:


> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Book Info
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ***Review books are available 
> Copies of our books are available for your members to review--
> send me an email and please include the book order number on 
> your request. Let me know if you need your book by a certain date. 
> Allow at least four weeks for shipping. 
> 
> ***Please send copies of your book reviews
> Email me a copy of your newsletters or book reviews.
> For tips and suggestions on writing book reviews, go to:
> http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html
> 
> ***Discount information
> Don't forget to remind your members about our 20% discount on 
> O'Reilly books and conferences. Just use code DSUG.
> 
> ***Group purchases with better discounts are available
> Please let me know if you are interested and I can put you in 
> touch with our sales department.
> 

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