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by _oya8 3272 days ago
We (Manning) are in the process of diversifying our options :)
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grad_ml 3272 days ago
Just wanted to add, I absolutely love manning tech book's quality. After buying few books from packt, I'm never going back to them.
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gregjwild 3272 days ago
Always good to hear positive feedback :) Thanks! Any particular books you've enjoyed recently?
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grad_ml 3272 days ago
I'm in first few chapters of Relevant search book. So far, great!
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alexott 3272 days ago
Completely agree - but have been several times a tech proofreader I know amount of work that it required
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clumsysmurf 3272 days ago
This sounds somewhat ominous ... will Manning keep the option of DRM-free individual book purchases going into the future?
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gregjwild 3272 days ago
Not at all :) I was responding to the criticism of O'Reilly reducing to just two choices - Safari or Amazon.

We're committed to DRM free options wherever possible. We're coming up with some new stuff, but DRM free pdfs and epubs are pretty much our core business.

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SirWhiteRabbit 3266 days ago
> We're coming up with some new stuff, but DRM free pdfs and epubs are pretty much our core business.

We love you for that :)

O'Reilly's decision raise an interesting question tough. I bought many books via O'Reilly shop, they are still accessible but for how long? For users, digital distribution is risky. I like it tough, but after seeing such services closing (loosing all for what i have paid for), i tend to be less confident.

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