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aidanf  
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 More options May 23 2007, 6:46 am
From: aidanf <aid...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:46:14 -0000
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 6:46 am
Subject: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi all,

Apress sent me some review copies of some of their recent ruby/rails
releases for Ruby Ireland. Who wants one?

In exchange for getting a free book they ask that you write a review
and post it to high-traffic website. Below is an excerpt from the
email:

<blockquote>
In exchange, we request that each book recipient or winner write a
thoughtful review and then post it to any or all of the following
locations:

* A heavily trafficked blog, group website, or "geek" site
* Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Bookpool websites
* A print publication

Once the review is posted or published, you or the reviewer may
contact me to let me know.
</blockquote>

So the process is:
1. Get free book
2. Read book and write review
3. Post review to high traffic website e.g. amazon.co.uk
4. Send me a link to your review
5. Profit!!

The books are

Beginning Ruby, Cooper
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ruby-Experts-Voice-Source/dp/15905976...

Rails Solutions, Williams
http://www.amazon.com/Rails-Solutions-Ruby-Made-Easy/dp/1590597524
I've heard this one recommended as being a bit more designer focused.
Someone was asking about it on the list a while ago.

Beginning Ruby on Rails E-commerce, Hellsten, Laine
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ruby-Rails-E-Commerce-Professional/dp...

Practical Ruby Gems, Berube
http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Ruby-Gems-David-Berube/dp/1590598113

If you are interested in reviewing any of these books let me know.

Cheers,

Aidan

P.S. Thanks to Apress for sending these out.


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Fintan Palmer  
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 More options May 23 2007, 6:50 am
From: "Fintan Palmer" <fpal...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:50:25 +0100
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 6:50 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Free Apress books for rubyireland

I'd be up for taking a look at the Beginning Ruby book.

Cheers,

Fintan

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 More options May 23 2007, 6:52 am
From: "Michael Connors" <connor...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:52:49 +0100
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 6:52 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

I would like to have a read of the Beginning Ruby on Rails E-commerce,
Hellsten, Laine one if you can spare a copy.

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 More options May 23 2007, 8:06 am
From: "mark reardon" <mcrear...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:06:26 +0100
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 8:06 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Free Apress books for rubyireland

Hi Aidan,

if they'd like an absolute beginner to Ruby to review the book. I'd be
happy.

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 More options May 23 2007, 10:12 am
From: aidanf <aid...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:12:12 -0000
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 10:12 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi all,

I forgot to mention, there's 2 copies of each book. So don't be shy,
let me know if you want one.

I blogged it on rubyireland.com (with pic): http://rubyireland.com/2007/5/23/free-apress-books

Fintan and Michael have 2 of them claimed already.

Mark - which book are you interested in?

Don't want to pigeonhole the books but from a quick scan through them:
Beginning ruby might be suitable for someone who can program in
another language and wants to learn ruby
Rails solutions might be suitable for complete beginners, maybe even
non programmers or designers who want to learn a bit about rails.
Practical Gems might be suitable for someone who already knows a bit
of ruby - its basically a set of recipes based on what is available in
various ruby libraries.

Cheers,

AF

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 More options May 23 2007, 10:13 am
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:13:45 -0000
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 10:13 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi Adain,

I'd be interested in either ruby gems & rails made easy.

Cheers,
Q

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niall larkin  
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 More options May 23 2007, 10:39 am
From: "niall larkin" <niall.p.lar...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:39:55 +0100
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 10:39 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

Hi Aidan,
Sounds like Rails Solutions may have been written with someone like me in
mind. I don't know why but the pink cover makes me think it'll be light and
fast read.   If its written for someone who just wants to  put together a
few apps in jig time, then I'd like to nominate myself to work my way
through it.

Niall Larkin.

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 More options May 23 2007, 10:42 am
From: Marvin <da...@marvinnet.org>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 07:42:15 -0700
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 10:42 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi Aidan,

As before in IRC I would be interested in

"Beginning Ruby on Rails E-commerce, Hellsten, Laine "

or the Ruby gems book.

I can then put up the review to the rubyireland.com page if it is
wanted.

Bye the way:

Hi to everybody ;) I am the new one *G

Cu Marvin


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Bartosz Blimke  
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 More options May 23 2007, 12:27 pm
From: "Bartosz Blimke" <bartosz.bli...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:27:07 +0100
Local: Wed, May 23 2007 12:27 pm
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Free Apress books for rubyireland

It there is any book left, I will be glad to review it. :)

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 More options May 25 2007, 9:58 am
From: aidanf <aid...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:58:44 -0000
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 9:58 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi all,

Here's what I extracted from the replies. There were a couple of vague
replies so if I missed out on someone, or put you down for a book
you're not really interested in let me know. Some people mentioned a
couple of books or none so I just picked one - maybe you can try
swapping at the meetup if you want a different one.

Beginning Ruby, Cooper
Fintan Palmer
Mark Reardon

Rails Solutions, Williams
Quamir Hussain
Niall Larkin

Beginning Ruby on Rails E-commerce, Hellsten, Laine
Michael Connors
Marvin

Practical Ruby Gems, Berube
Dave Cahill
Bartosz Blimke

I'll try to make it to the next meetup on June 12th and bring the
books along or failing that, drop them off to someone in Dublin who
will be going to the meetup. If you absolutely can't make it to the
meetup let me know and I'll see about getting it to you some other
way.

Cheers,

Aidan

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 More options May 25 2007, 10:32 am
From: "niall larkin" <niall.p.lar...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:32:04 +0100
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 10:32 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

Yay! Great.  Thanks for that aidan.

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Fintan Palmer  
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 More options May 25 2007, 10:38 am
From: "Fintan Palmer" <fpal...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:38:07 +0100
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 10:38 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

Yes, kudos to Aidan for bringing this to the group and thanks for letting me
nab one of them.

Just a thought but maybe we should devote one of our future meet-ups to a
bit of a book review - not just these ones but any of the other countless
Ruby titles we've picked up on spec - and build up a kind of recommended
reading list?

Cheers

Fintan

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 More options May 25 2007, 11:49 am
From: "Fergal Cott" <fergalc...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:49:48 +0100
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 11:49 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Free Apress books for rubyireland

Aidan,

I would be willing to review "Rails Solutions, Williams" if possible. I have
"Beginning Ruby on Rails E-commerce, Hellsten, Laine" in my collection and I
will review that also. It's ok, a few good sections. All there examples are
developed on Ubuntu.

Fergal

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 More options May 25 2007, 12:06 pm
From: aidanf <aid...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:06:40 -0000
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 12:06 pm
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi Fergal,

All the books have been claimed by now:( But if someone changes their
mind or doesn't take their book, I'll let you know.

Cheers,

AF

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 More options May 25 2007, 5:00 pm
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 22:00:52 +0100
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 5:00 pm
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hey Aidan,

thanks for that. That sounds good to me.

Cu maybe at the meet-up.

Bye Dave

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 More options Jun 25 2007, 10:02 am
From: Andrea <roundcri...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:02:30 -0000
Local: Mon, Jun 25 2007 10:02 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi there:

you know, if you have any contacts with apress, perhaps it would be a
good idea to tell them
that thye should put the ruby books in major bookstores in town, i
know there must be a 1000 reasons
why they are not there, but, i went to easons in dawson st to have a
look at the book that niall reviewed and
actually i was going to buy it if it was what i was looking for,
but... there was none, no book about ruby,
RoR, not even python...
Cheers

Andrea

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 More options Jun 25 2007, 10:12 am
From: "Dave Cahill" <dpcah...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:12:16 +0100
Local: Mon, Jun 25 2007 10:12 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

Waterstone's had a very poor Ruby / Rails selection too last time I checked;
the top floor of Hodges and Figgis is the place to be. :-)

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Fintan Palmer  
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 More options Jun 25 2007, 10:19 am
From: "Fintan Palmer" <fpal...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:19:04 +0100
Local: Mon, Jun 25 2007 10:19 am
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

Borders out in Blanchardstown isn't too bad but I agree that if you're in
Dublin, Hodges & Figgis on Dawson Street is the best bet for your Ruby book
needs.  Easons and Waterstones just don't seem to carry as much stock as
they used to.

Fintan

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 More options Jun 25 2007, 10:44 am
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:44:03 -0000
Local: Mon, Jun 25 2007 10:44 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
cheers for that guys :D

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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:48:29 -0000
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Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
As it happens, I was up in Dublin on Tuesday afternoon and spent ~€100
in Hodges Figgis, including two O'Reilly RoR books: "Rails Cookbook"
and "Ruby and Rails Up and Running".  Definitely an improvement over
the selection of books in Cork!  Hodges Figgis is a required visit any
time I'm up in Dublin, much like Foyles bookshop is whenever I'm in
London.

  Jamie

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 More options Jul 16 2007, 5:43 am
From: aidanf <aid...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:43:47 -0700
Local: Mon, Jul 16 2007 5:43 am
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
Hi all,

This is just a gentle reminder to all who took one of the Apress books
for review at the june meetup. When you finish it and post your review
online don't forget to email me a link to your review. You might also
post a link in this thread so that others here can read your review.

Cheers,

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 More options Jul 17 2007, 12:57 pm
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:57:53 +0100
Local: Tues, Jul 17 2007 12:57 pm
Subject: Re: [ruby_ireland] Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland

Hi Aidan,

Sorry for the delay.   Blame it on Rio  ( partially ) after I got distracted
and started to experiment with it after the talk at the last Ruby Tuesday.
:-)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Ruby-Experts-Voice-Source/dp/159059...

I am happy to pass the book on at the next Ruby Tuesday to anyone else who
wants to read and review also.

Cheers,

Mark

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 More options Jul 17 2007, 1:08 pm
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:08:02 -0700
Local: Tues, Jul 17 2007 1:08 pm
Subject: Re: Free Apress books for rubyireland
I would love to read the book too and then pass it on to someone
else :D
Andrea

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