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Time was that only a select few "inner" circle types were privy to the advanced copies of yet- to- be published books. As Meryl Evan writes in her blog, Meryl's Notes there's a new service for books on cutting edge technology that is changing all that.
"Safari has a new service called Rough Cuts. It gives you access to books BEFORE they’re published. These chapters won’t be fully edited or formatted for print. For computer-related topics, this is an excellent idea because you know it’s hard to keep up with technology especially for books. As soon as a book on a software product is published, a new version gets released soon after.
It’s not a free service, however. Instead, the Rough Cuts are sold at 50% off the book’s expected retail price. This gives you access to the evolving manuscript in PDF and you can provide feedback to the editors along the way. The FAQ explains the three purchase options: pre-publication, pre-publication and final product, or final product only.
If you purchase both versions, you may or may not save money. As you know, many online book stores rarely sell the books at the recommended retail price. You can also learn more on InformIT and O’Reilly Web sites."
People who subscribe to this service will gain access to ,
" an evolving PDF manuscript that you can read, download or print. Once you've purchased a Rough Cuts title, you will have a chance to shape the final product-you can send suggestions, bug fixes, and comments directly to the author and editors.
You have your choice in the Rough Cuts program of purchasing just online access, just the print book when it releases, or the best of both worlds - online access immediately and the print book later.
Rough Cuts titles live up to their name-they haven't been fully edited, subjected to final technical review, or formatted for print. In other words, they'll be very current, but they won't be pretty."
Rough Cuts is starting with four titles and says they will be adding more titles on an ongoing basis.
| Title | Available | Anticipated Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax Hacks | January | 03/01/2006 |
| Flickr Hacks | January | 02/01/2006 |
| Ruby on Rails: Up and Running | January | 03/01/2006 |
| Ruby Cookbook | January | 09/01/2006 |
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