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It's a valid question, and one I gave a lot of thought to before the project started. Here are some things to consider about this project...
Finally, someone asked the question regarding "If you use my hint, do I get a free book?" The answer is "it depends." If your hint contained an original script that I wanted to use, then yes, you will receive a copy of the book when it hits the streets (and you would have already known this, as we would have had an email exchange about it). But if you were the one who submitted the "shift command control 4" hint, then, no, I'm afraid you won't be receiving a book. As much as I'd love to give a book to everyone whose general concept wound up in the book, the economics of the situation clearly make that impossible. I get a relatively limited number of "author's copies" for free, and anything beyond that I have to buy at a fairly healthy cost (not full retail, but not cheap, either). With 500 hints in the book, purchase and distribution of free books to anyone whose general concept hint wound up being covered would break the bank for me -- I'd end up losing my shirt on the book project! And while I didn't decide to write the book to get rich, I hope not go broke because I chose to write it. I hope this long-winded reply addresses most of the concerns, and I understand the need to question the project. But the single most important thing to remember is that less than one percent of the site content is copied and pasted into the book (and explicit permission was granted for those items); everything else was written from scratch using only the topic as the guide for the book version of the hint. The book is an original creation guided by the concepts covered on the site. -rob.
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Congratulations! Propably this and "OS X Unleashed" are the two books I will recommend to every Linux-switcher who buys a Mac!
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I'll probably change the site footer to match the forum site, which reads: "Site design © 2002 macosxhints.com; individuals retain copyright of their postings
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Congrats Rob. I for one am working on a small booklet for the sys admins who use mac as the server or in a network environment. |
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