Just a quick update.
Over the past few months we've written a few times about our
2002 book project. We have it in stock and are shipping now! Here are
answers to the questions we've seen so far:
1) How much is the book if I live in ....? We're shipping at the
lowest cost method available, so definitely expect 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Prices subject to change! If they do, our order page will be updated
appropriately.
| $20.00 | US/Canada |
| $24.65 | UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, Ireland, Germany, Spain |
| $24.85 | Australia/New Zealand |
| $26.65 | Chile, Malaysia, Brazil, Austria, India, South Africa, Bermuda |
2) What is the CCV? Usually this is a 3 or 4 digit number on the back
of your credit card, used to help prevent fraud.
3) Did my order go through? You'll get an automatic email from the
card service if your order is placed successfully. We've had a few issues with
timeouts (the card service got hit wit DDos attacks twice, just our luck), but
overall we've had few problems. If you do encounter a problem, please email us
at bestof@sqlservercentral.com.
If you don't get a reply in a couple days, follow up - it's entirely possible
that we missed it or the spam filter got it.
4) Are you going to do a book next year? We'd definitely like to, we
think it's great exposure for both the site and all the contributing authors,
but we'll have to see how the sales work out. More info later in the year.
5) Where do I go to order? We haven't advertised it much so far, so a
lot of people were looking for the link - sorry! Starting next week we'll have a
banner ad up and you'll see it in the newsletter from time to time. Anyway, here
is the link
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/bestof/purchase.asp
I have to tell you, it was a lot of work getting this done, but actually
getting it in the hands of readers has been worth the effort. We do think of
ourselves as a community, but it's not until you start putting books in the mail
(yes, I mail every one myself) that you realize the extent. We've had orders
from 35 states here in the US, members of the local SQL users group, from my CIO
at my real job (thanks Tina!), plus 18 other countries!
| Australia |
| Austria |
| Brazil |
| Canada |
| Denmark |
| France |
| India |
| Ireland |
| Italy |
| Malaysia |
| Netherlands |
| New Zealand |
| Norway |
| Russia |
| South Africa |
| Spain |
| Sweden |
| United Kingdom |
| United States |
That's it for this time. If you've got a question of any kind, please just
bestof@sqlservercentral.com and of course feel free to post comments to the
attached discussion forum. To those of you who have ordered a copy, once again
we'd like to say thank you and hope you enjoy the book!