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November 26, 2012

Liars and Outliers Ebook 50% Off and DRM-Free

Today only, O'Reilly is offering 50% off all its ebooks, including Liars and Outliers. This is probably the cheapest you'll find a DRM-free copy of the book.

Posted on November 26, 2012 at 9:48 AM9 Comments

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Nick PNovember 26, 2012 11:34 AM

Of course, smart shoppers can get it even cheaper depending on preferred quality.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/...


Ironic MeNovember 26, 2012 1:02 PM

50% is "the cheapest"? How about 100%? Just steal it!


David OftedalNovember 26, 2012 1:32 PM

As amazing as DRM-free e-books are, I'm not enthusiastic about the 3983-word epos that constitutes the required reading before you buy:

http://oreilly.com/oreilly/privacy.csp
http://oreilly.com/terms/
http://oreilly.com/community/guidelines.csp

That's one disadvantage of electronic media - There's hardly any cost associated with publishing such things.


NobodySpecialNovember 26, 2012 2:28 PM

@David Oftedal - I always picture a rope bridge at the entrance to Borders and a man asking "what is your name, what is your quest, what is ....."


SteveNovember 26, 2012 6:39 PM

No time to read, too immersed in that Stanford cryptography class on Coursera that was referenced a few weeks ago. :)


jonNovember 27, 2012 6:39 AM

50% off O'Reilly's ebooks takes them (almost) down to a reasonable price. But I think I'll stick with Amazon, who sells Liars & Outliers for even less than that every day.


pegrNovember 27, 2012 8:29 AM

Hey Bruce,

If I send you the file, will you sign it and send it back? ;)

(I can't believe I'm the first one to post that joke...)


schmoeNovember 27, 2012 2:05 PM

"If I send you the file, will you sign it and send it back? ;)
(I can't believe I'm the first one to post that joke...)"

Joking aside, sounds like a novel idea for security and technical authors to electronically autograph a book. Has good geek appeal...


Natanael LNovember 27, 2012 3:16 PM

@schmoe: Yup, but which algorithm would they sign with?


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