Re: "Official GNOME 2 Developers Guide" (for newbies like me)

[Ian Bell <ian redtommo com>]

On Friday 23 Jan 2004 11:48 pm, Marshall Lake wrote:
> > > Just got back from Linux World Expo and I finally found a good printed
> > > book for GTK2 (and various other GNOME libs) from No Starch Press.  Its
> > > suppose to be out in Feb of 2004 and will be available on
> > > www.nostarch.com.  I checked out a preliminary printed copy and it
> > > looks like a great book for the beginner and beyond.
> >
> > Oreilly (www.oreilly.com) is also taking preorders.  I suggest people
> > pick this one up as it not only goes over the various libs but but shows
> > how to use them to integrate your app into the GNOME framework.
>
> It appears it's the same book at both nostarch and oreilly.  It might be a
> little cheaper at oreilly, though, since I believe the price includes
> shipping.

Strange.  On the O'Reilly site it is listed as just under $50 which is about 
30 quid, but at amazon.co.uk you can pre-order it for less than a tenner.  
Someone cocked up somewhere???

Ian