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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 14:23:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
cc: chuckr@eng.umd.edu, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Some questions
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On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Daniel M. Eischen wrote:

> >>       Hmmm, okay.  Just curious but what was your price on the DNS and 
> >> Bind book?
> >
> >I don't remember, it's been at least 9 months since I bought it, I don't 
> >keep the receipts.  The Readme.Doc folk's receipts show the list price 
> >and the price after their discount, and it seemed like real numbers, 
> >compared to what I used to pay bookstores before I found out about 
> >Readme.Doc.  I post this info about twice a year, because I think I'm 
> >doing folks (who probably don't have much more money than I) a favor.
> >I spend FAR too much of my money on books.
> 
> The ReadMe.Doc catalog on floppy lists the DNS and Bind book at $24.00.
> I'm not sure whether the catalog includes the standard 20-25% discount
> or not.  I remember seeing you message about ReadMe.Doc, Chuck, and I've
> purchased a few books from them since.  It is definitely a good deal since
> I don't find any discounts on technical books; they're hard enough to find
> where I live.

	I bought mines from Barnes & Noble for $29.95 and they claim to have
given a 20% discount already.  But at $24.00, that really is a good deal.

> Even if they do not carry the book, they will order it from the publisher
> and still give you their standard 20-25% discount.

	Do they just sell computer books since they offer really good prices.

> >Just bought the Magic Garden, a really neat thing that Terry told me 
> >about.  Tells me all about the VFS stuff (besides lots of other stuff) 
> >that I've been very curious about.  It's pointed at SVR4, but there ISN'T 
> >one on bsd like that, so it's the next best bet.
> >
> >Thanks, Terry.
> 
> Thanks, Chuck.

	Thanks Dan, Chuck and Mike.


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