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> From: Denise Olliffe <deniseo at oreilly.com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:41:51 -0800 (PST)
> To: jax at jacksonville.pm.org
> Subject: O'Reilly Releases New Edition of "Unix CD Bookshelf"
> 
> For immediate release
> For free review copy, contact Denise Olliffe
> (707) 829-0515 ext. 339 or deniseo at oreilly.com
> 
> 
> New Edition of O'Reilly's "UNIX CD Bookshelf" Released
> 
> Sebastopol, CA-You know that one of the O'Reilly UNIX books provides a
> solution to your pressing problem, but you can't remember which one. Or
> you're working at home or off-site, and you don't want to lug a
> shelf-full of books with you. Or maybe you don't yet have the complete
> O'Reilly library of UNIX books, and you don't have the shelf space to
> spare.
> 
> Computer professionals increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and
> other online information sources to solve information pain. The second
> edition of O'Reilly's "Unix CD Bookshelf" provides convenient online
> access to updates of your favorite books on your CD-ROM drive. The CD
> has a master index for all six books and a powerful search engine-and
> all the text is extensively hyper-linked-so you can find what you're
> looking for quickly. Packaged with the hard copy of "Unix in a
> Nutshell", it takes up less than 2 inches of bookshelf space, and when
> you're on the run, you can just grab the CD and go. The six included
> books, purchased separately, would retail for $175.70, but "The Unix CD
> Bookshelf, Second Edition" package retails for only $69.95.
> 
> The CD-ROM contains the complete text of:
> * UNIX in a Nutshell: 3rd Edition
> * UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Edition (with software)
> * Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Edition
> * Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition
> * sed & awk, 2nd Edition
> * Learning the Korn Shell
> 
> 
> Formatted in HTML, "The UNIX CD Bookshelf, Second Edition" can be read
> by any Web browser. The books are fully searchable and
> cross-referenced. In addition to individual indexes for each book, a
> master index for the entire library is provided.
> 
> 
> What the critics said about the previous edition:
> 
> "Elegant . . . on my list of Unix training essentials" --David Evnull,
> PC Pro, June 1999
> 
> "A collection of six classic O'Reilly works, (that every UNIX geek probably
> has propped next to the coke machine) on a single CD. Hats off to the editors
> in Sebastopol, CA". --Mark Hall, Performance Computing, February 1999
> 
> What readers said ...
> 
> "I just got a job with an UNIX consulting firm, and so I started
> wishing I could have the O'Reilly books on my notebook - I can't hardly
> carry them to each customer site! I suppose that I'm behind the times,
> but I just discovered your CD Bookshelf series. Exactly what I need, so
> I'm going to order all three of them. Great idea!"
> 
> "I pop in the CD while I work on some Unix stuff. It saves time and
> hassle. I get more ideas and learn new things in a unique way."
> 
> "Simply a great set - hyper-linked refs, outstanding value...this CD
> from O'Reilly is unbeatable. The Unix Power Tools alone is worth a lot
> more $s than the CD itself."
> 
> "THANK GOD FOR THIS CDROM!!! I feel that this CDROM should be in every
> user's PC. I have never been able to reference material as easily and
> as quickly as I can in this CDROM. No matter what scenario I'm looking
> for, it's in one of the books on the CD ROM. Yesterday, I couldn't
> figure out how to rename all of my files in my directory from an old
> extension .new to a new extension .old. All I did then was pop in this
> CDROM, type in that I want the search engine to search all 6 books, and
> type keywords RENAME AND FILE AND SED (I had a feeling Sed would help
> me), and BOOM, there's my information in two seconds FLAT!! This is the
> deal of the century!"
> 
> "Worth investing in, reclaims shelf space... Definitely worth the
> investment, cheaper than buying the hard copy editions, and easier to
> use as a reference. Five stars."
> 
> "Each of the six books by themselves are pretty good, the compilation
> and HTML format makes this, by far, the easiest and most comprehensive
> Unix reference material available."
> 
> "I am a traveling consultant - taking a whole library of reference
> materials was not possible. I of course carried the hardcopy "Unix in a
> Nutshell". With the Unix CD Bookshelf, I have an excellent set of books
> at my fingertips without weighing down my suitcase. The search engine
> is excellent, very unintrusive."
> 
> For more detailed information on the books included on the CD, and
> their authors, see:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixcdbs2/index.html
> 
> For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to:
> ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565928156.jpg
> 
> 
> # # #
> 
> 
> The UNIX CD Bookshelf, 2nd Edition
> By O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
> 2nd Edition February 2000 (US)
> 1-56592-815-6, 624 pages, $69.95, Features CD-ROM
> order at oreilly.com
> 1-800-998-9938
> http://www.oreilly.com
> 


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