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A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:36 pm
by jazzmista
Don't know if any of you have seen this:
http://www.justbooks.co.uk/search/?keyw ... qr&submit=
There is now a published book about the Joggler. This is all very well and good, but I think there is more than what meets the eye - the most informative link is the amazon.fr one, as it shows the book cover - interestingly enough, it says "High quality content by Wikipedia Articles" - seen as it is 132 pages long and Wikipedia has a single page on the Joggler, I think it may be using a rather different wiki...
Meanwhile, I'm not going to pay £37 for information freely available on this website
Re: A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:36 pm
by danfoshizzle
Haha, cheeky! 44 euros too
Re: A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:39 pm
by roobarb!
Weird and cheeky. It's odd to see words I've written for sale on Amazon; I wonder if it's a common thing to scrape Wikipedia for content and then roll it into a book? Never heard of it before.
Re: A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:42 pm
by danfoshizzle
Yeah, definitely strange, suppose people will do anything for a quick buck or two though.
Re: A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:37 pm
by hawsey
I've seen these before about a few things , (xbmc as well i think ) they must see what people are searching for and just stick one in like bait on a hook to see if any sucker takes it
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They must be made to order i.e hit print from the Wiki dump as soon as an order comes in ...
Its obviously insane but i have sometimes thought that the printed page would be helpful with some things you are trying to get your head around sometimes ;
but at that price i think i'll wait till the paperback comes out this time .....................
Re: A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:39 pm
by Wilberforce
To be fair to Evander, the binding on this book is first class and you get the added convienience of manual cut and paste.
A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:44 pm
by roobarb!
Wilberforce wrote:To be fair to Evander, the binding on this book is first class and you get the added convienience of manual cut and paste.
Awesome! I shall purchase a copy and a Pritt-Stick immediately!
Re: A book on the O2 Joggler
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:59 pm
by jazzmista
roobarb! wrote:Wilberforce wrote:To be fair to Evander, the binding on this book is first class and you get the added convienience of manual cut and paste.
Awesome! I shall purchase a copy and a Pritt-Stick immediately!
Haha! It should be interesting to see if they follow our Creative Commons license (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)