[PyQt] New PyQt book: 1/2 available...

[Mark Summerfield]

On 2007-06-19, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 19. Juni 2007 17:52 schrieb Mark Summerfield:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just to let you know that the first half of my new book,
> >     "Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt"
> > which is based on Python 2.5, PyQt 4.2 and Qt 4.2, is available online at
> > http://safari.informit.com/9780132354189
>
> Nice. Btw, I tried to purchase the book including the rough cuts, but
> Safari tried to sell me:
>
> .NET Enterprise Design with Visual Basic® .NET and SQL Server 2000
> Description  Price
>   Print Book and Online Access Bundle  USD $74.23
>   Shipping & Handling  USD $30.00
>   Applicable Tax  USD $19.80
>   Total:  USD $124.03
>
> Apart from the astronomic shipping and handling costs, is US tax really
> applicable here (-> EU/Germany)?
>
> And no, I do not need a book about .NET Enterprise Design..
>
> Mark, you may know someone at safari to forward this to, thanks.
>
> [Send to the ML to warn others: Better look close..]

Thanks for pointing this out! I've told the publisher, and my guess is
that they'll fix it in a few days.

Clearly the shipping & tax are a lot if you're outside the US. I
couldn't find a European Safari website (apart from ones associated with
libraries and Universities).

On a more positive note I'll be sending the publisher 75% of the book in
a couple of weeks, so by next month that should be available on
Safari... assuming they don't mess up:-)


-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu