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I assume you mean having the book physically shipped to Sri Lanka is not feasible/possible. Consider buying the ebook from Manning directly [0]. They do offer the ebook in Kindle (mobi) format.

[0]: http://manning.com/resig/

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Once there's a pdf or other ebook available it'll be pirated. How that doesn't damage sales I'll never understand. The Lazarus (object pascal ide) book is only available in a physical book format for this reason.

It may well be pirated regardless:

http://www.themillions.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-book-pir...

In another life I wrote technical books, which at the time were only available in physical formats. That didn't stop electronic versions of the more popular books from appearing on usenet.

That's a good read. It's hard to understand the motivation of someone who's prepared to put in that many hours pirating a single book. It's seems a bit pathetic

> How that doesn't damage sales I'll never understand.

Because the people downloading it are not necessarily the same people who'd have bought it otherwise.

Plus exposure. I pirate a lot of stuff. At the same time I buy more books and music than anyone else I know.

Yes. Shipping to Sri Lanka is harder or takes too much time. Thanks. I will go for the manning site. It works

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