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Comment by SloopJon

> Maybe I'm missing something but they don't seem to offer the book as a searchable PDF? There seems to be a Kindle edition and paperback only.

The InformIT page linked from the review has (I'm in the US):

* book for $64

* ebook as ePub, Mobi, and PDF for $51

* book + ebook bundle for $86

The sample PDF is searchable, so I presume the full PDF is as well.

If you're looking at the Amazon listing, then no, I don't expect Amazon to offer PDFs instead of, or even in addition to, a Kindle edition. Oddly, the Kindle edition is more expensive than Amazon's paper copy, or InformIT's ebook.

Based on the sample, this looks like a nice book. It seems to have Meyers-like advice in a more concise, reference-style presentation.

It's a slight concern that all four authors are from the same department of the same company. I don't know anything about Bloomberg Development Environment, but I would be skeptical of a similar offering from, say, Google.

parent SloopJon 4 years ago

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