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Yes it’s an add for a book but it does provide a sample chapter:

Yeah, a $50 book (physical) or $40 ebook

With normal inflation, a $30 O'Reilly book in the year 2000 would be about $58 today.

We all have to start somewhere. It does not invalidate your point that it is an advert, but I can't categorically state it is terrible.