Jeff Blaine » Books http://www.kickflop.net/blog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:59:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Reward Those Who Improve your Paid Product http://www.kickflop.net/blog/2010/12/07/reward-those-who-improve-your-paid-product/ http://www.kickflop.net/blog/2010/12/07/reward-those-who-improve-your-paid-product/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:04:00 +0000 JB http://www.kickflop.net/blog/?p=919 Picking on O’Reilly here, but if the shoe fits, wear it : People who submit errata for paid books should at least have the chance to be rewarded for their effort (a prize drawing, etc). No? Motivate refinement toward excellence.

Update: See comment below from Allen @ O’Reilly. It’s in the works.

An aside to really pick on O’Reilly now, searching on oreilly.com for “errata” provides absolutely zero useful information on how and where to submit errata for an O’Reilly book.

bunk oreilly.com errata search results

This flies in the face of the following tweet. Tim, practice what you preach!

Here’s the mentioned Report An Error website from the tweet.

Update: O’Reilly is going to take care of this, according to Tim O.

Update: Jeremy also pointed out the following story to me, from Lifehacker : Get Perks from your Favorite Apps.

]]> http://www.kickflop.net/blog/2010/12/07/reward-those-who-improve-your-paid-product/feed/ 2 Graphic Design: The New Basics http://www.kickflop.net/blog/2008/04/29/graphic-design-the-new-basics/ http://www.kickflop.net/blog/2008/04/29/graphic-design-the-new-basics/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:29:41 +0000 Administrator http://www.kickflop.net/blog/?p=464 Here’s a quiet flip-through I recorded of Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips. You know, for those of you who order books online but want to at least see some of what you’re getting. I recommend clicking ‘watch in high quality’ once you get to the YouTube page (bottom right under the video).

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