Linux / Computer Books in Israel

[Maxim Veksler]

2009/7/15 Shlomo Dubrowin <dubrowin.list at gmail.com>:
> I live and work in the Jerusalem area.  Generally, when I want Linux and/or
> other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we
> have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here.
>
> I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel.
> Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or
> that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can
> pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country?
>
> I have ordered books through a previous employer from Amazon.co.uk, but I
> remember it being much more expensive than getting them in the US.  What are
> your experiences.  Thank you.
>

How about purchasing a Kindle and then ordering nothing but electronic books?
I seems that in the long run it might turn out to be more beneficial
then buying batches of printed books.

>   Shlomo
>
> -----------------------------
> Shlomo Dubrowin
>
> The Solution to the water crisis in Israel:
>
> # According to WikiPedia, the Kinneret can hold
> # 4 km^3, so FULL here is in cubit meters
> FULL="4000"
> while [ "$LEVEL" -lt "$FULL" ]; do
>  cat /sea/med /sea/red |\
>  grep -vi "salt" |\
>  tee /sea/dead /lake/kinneret
>  LEVEL=`du -c /sea/dead /lake/kinneret | grep total | awk '{print $1}'`
> done
>
>
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