<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE></TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=094145813-05112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well, as much as I appreciate books, and the authors (thank you very much for the wonderful book, by the way), I find the online version not only more affordable, but also easier to use. As a matter of fact, that's the reason I never buy programming books. I find online books to be much better and I prefer using them. Also, I have better use for the money, and books are beyond my financial plans.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=094145813-05112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I hope you fully understand why I wouldn't buy the book.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=094145813-05112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=094145813-05112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Farewell, and thanks for all the books.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Matthias Felleisen [mailto:matthias@ccs.neu.edu]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Dor Kleiman<BR><B>Cc:</B> psantoro@att.net; plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [plt-scheme] How to Design Programs Book<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Why would you *not* want to buy a book that is already on-line? </DIV><BR> <DIV>-- Matthias (one of the authors) </DIV><BR><BR> <DIV>On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 08:51 AM, Dor Kleiman wrote: </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Oops.</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>I meant to write the response too:</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>There is the complete book online, so why would you want to buy it?</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV><BR> <DIV><SMALL>-----Original Message----- </DIV> <DIV><B>From:</B> Dor Kleiman </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:48 PM </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> psantoro@att.net; plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [plt-scheme] How to Design Programs Book </DIV><BR> <DIV>  For list-related administrative tasks: </DIV> <DIV>  <U><FONT color=#1919ff>http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme </DIV><BR> <DIV></FONT></U>I'm considering buying this book online.  Is there an easy way for me to know if I'm getting the latest (3rd?) printing </DIV> <DIV>of this book (ie. fewer typos/mistakes)? </DIV><BR> <DIV>Thank you, </DIV><BR> <DIV>Peter </DIV><BR><BR> <DIV></SMALL></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>