O'Reilly has just released The Ruby Programming Language
At the same time, O'Reilly has dropped the ebook price for other readers from $30 to $10. Amazon's Kindle price is still $18 today. I don't know if that is going to go down or not. (Update 8/27: the kindle price is now $8.)
I'm not sure how I feel about O'Reilly using my book for their marketing experiments, but it's certainly a good deal for readers. So I ask for your help in making up for the reduced price with a massive increase in sales volume! :-)
And if I can engage in some more self-promotion: reviewers on Amazon think that this is the best book I've ever written. The 26 reviewers have all given it a 5-star rating, and the most recent review goes over the top and calls it "the best ever written programming language book". Wow. You know you want it on your iPhone!
Update: my editor says that he thinks this new ebook price is a temporary sale.
It seems to be running the same engine as Stanza by http://lexcycle.com which has probably one of the best ebook reading experiences on the iPhone.
Historically I've always preferred a hard copy book that I could thumb through away from electronics and there is still value in that. But having your book accessible on my iPhone makes me wonder why I resisted managing reading material in this manner for so long.
The presentation is first rate, with slight delays as logical breaks are crossed. The bookmark capabilities allowed me to quickly personalize the book by adding focus to the sections I go back to most often. The search capability covers the rest (and exposes some cross-references I might not have expected).
By tailoring the font size, the code samples fit on the screen and are quite readable.
I've already added a couple of other reference books since and my briefcase has gotten a lot lighter!
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