O'Reilly Releases "Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0"

[Robert L. Harris]

Just ordered mine this morning.  They also have a Unix Bookshelf, 
  second version also.

Robert

Thus spake Tim Chambers (tbc at who.net):

> 
> For Immediate Release
> June 7, 2001
> Review copies, contact:  Denise Olliffe
> (707) 829-0515 ext 339 or deniseo at oreilly.com
> 
> 
> NEW EDITION OF O'REILLY'S "PERL CD BOOKSHELF" RELEASED
> 
> 
> Sebastopol, CA--You've got five essential Perl books and you're about
> to hit the road. Which do you take with you? Fortunately this is a
> choice Perl programmers haven't needed to make since O'Reilly released
> the first "Perl CD Bookshelf" in 1999. Now, with the just-released
> "Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0," Perl programmers have an up-to-date,
> exhaustive Perl reference library that's completely portable, so being
> without a favorite Perl reference is not a situation they're likely to
> face.
> 
> Perl programmers increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and online
> information sources for solutions to complex problems. The second
> edition of O'Reilly's "Perl CD Bookshelf" provides convenient online
> access to updates of favorite Perl books on a single CD. This essential
> library features a master index for all five bestselling Perl
> books--with text extensively hyperlinked--and a powerful search engine,
> so sought-after information can be quickly located. Packaged with a
> hard copy of "Perl in a Nutshell," the entire library takes up less
> than two inches of bookshelf space, but programmers on the move can
> just grab the CD and go.
> 
> Formatted in HTML, "The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0" can be read by
> any browser. The CD-ROM contains the complete, unabridged versions of:
> --"Perl in a Nutshell" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlnut/
> --"Programming Perl, 3rd Edition" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/
> --"Perl Cookbook" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cookbook/
> --"Advanced Perl Programming" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/advperl/
> --"Perl for System Administration"
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlsysadm/
> 
> The five books, when purchased separately, would retail for $189.75,
> but "The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0" retails for only $79.95.
> 
> What the readers and critics said about the first edition:
> 
> "This CD is a very handy collection of a number of well-known O'Reilly
> Perl books. If you work on Perl-related stuff on various sites, a CD
> with the content of 6 books is much easier on your back to carry around
> with you. If you're a programmer who works on different client sites,
> this is great replacement for a stack of good Perl books. For a
> reasonable price, you get a truckload of information on a handy
> portable medium."--Arjen Laarhoven, slashdot.org, Dec 1999
> 
> "...an excellent set of resources within a small package...an
> outstanding compendium of techniques, procedures, facts, and basics for
> any level of Perl programmer...This is an extraordinary collection. If
> you use Perl, you need 'The Perl CD Bookshelf.'"--Elizabeth Zinkann,
> "SYS ADMIN," Nov 1999
> 
> "I really had doubts about whether this publication would be of any
> use. Those doubts disappeared when I saw the product and realized that
> the search features could save oodles of time. I also plan to make
> judicious use of browser bookmarks so I can remember the common places
> in books that I need to access frequently...The prospect of being able
> to emit complex CD searches in addition to a well-constructed handbook
> makes it worthwhile."--Peter Collinson, "EXE," November 1999
> 
> For more information about "The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0," see:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlcdbs2/
> 
> For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to:
> ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596001649.jpg
> 
> 
> The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 2.0
> By O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
> 2nd Edition, May 2001
> ISBN 0-596-00164-9, 672 pages, $79.95 (US)
> order at oreilly.com
> 1-800-998-9938
> http://www.oreilly.com
> 
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> 
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