Linux / Computer Books in Israel

[Aviv Ben-Yosef]

Actually, I considered recommending them too, but made a quick check before.
Ordering "The Pragmatic Programmer" and "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning"
from Amazon (+shipping) totals at $77, as opposed to $86 on Combooks. Always
compare :)

Aviv

2009/7/15 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <ladypine at gmail.com>

> Have you tried Combooks? I used to invite them to August Penguin to have a
> discounted sale of FOSS software (organizers - you might wish to do this
> again).
>
> http://www.combooks.co.il/Combooks_Il2/
>
> Orna.
>
> 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.
>>
>>   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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