tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post8960699900603381783..comments2024-02-08T11:00:53.069-06:00Comments on Gordon's Tech: O'Reilly, Safari Books, and AppleScript: so close to a win-winJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-36228992585335429282007-04-08T12:56:00.000-05:002007-04-08T12:56:00.000-05:00I am Matt Neuburg (note the spelling), the author ...I am Matt Neuburg (note the spelling), the author of the book in question. I wrote the index for my own book (in the second edition). There is no entry for "duplicate" because AppleScript, the base language (which is what the book is about), has no "duplicate" command; the book never discusses it. So the example is not a very good one.<BR/><BR/>On exactly the other hand, I completely agree with the general thrust of the post. Please don't get me started on what a fight this book has represented, between me and the publisher, over what they are willing to release to the public. If it were up to me, there would be a searchable PDF version of the book available for cheap purchase (and free to everyone who buys the print version). O'Reilly told me that that idea would be a deal-breaker. If it were up to me, subscribing to "Safari Books", where you can read and search my book online, would be a lot cheaper and easier (and again, it should be free if you bought the print version). Basically, in my view, O'Reilly's publication policies are still frozen in the dark ages even as they claim to be leading the way into the digital future, and these policies should not be taken to represent the views or desires of the O'Reilly book authors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844335580479954190noreply@blogger.com