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Agreed, I really don't like physical technical books. If an epub was available, I would have spent the time writing this comment by filling out my credit card details in stead.

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Exactly. I purchased the 1.5 ebook version, and was also going to buy this one if it was priced reasonably, but won't bother buying the paper version.

Same here, I would immediately buy this new version (I bought the first one) if it were available electronically.

I stopped buying paper technical books, they are never around when I need them. I also like to read them on my iPad, phone and laptop at different times.

My money now goes to publishers (like O'Reilly) who support my workflow.

I am yet another lost customer. The rationale seems petty and short sighted to me.

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