Aug 17, 2005
Safari Bookshelf: The Point Of This Is?
I've been carrying a subscription to the O'Reilly Safari Bookshelf for a few months. Basically for a set fee I can view up to five books online from O'Reilly or a number of other publishers. Overall, if this prevents me from buying one $30 book every few months, I break even, so I don't need to get much out of this service. But I was surprised today to notice that I can't get a copy of MacOS X Tiger for Unix Geeks on Safari. One of the main reasons Safari seemed like a good idea was so I wouldn't have to buy a new copy of a book like this every time the new version came out (admittedly, I could just nag Brian for a free copy every 18 months). On the other hand, it seemed like Mapping Hacks was available on Safari a few weeks prior to the print version, so I don't know what the pattern is. Also, it would be nice if Safari had what I needed when I'm in, say, Lithuania and can't just run over to Borders and/or Barnes and Noble whenever I feel like it.
