Vista - Andrew Watt's PowerShell book

http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...471946931.html

Available for download now: the intro and index chapters, and PowerShell
code.

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:48:23 -0300, "Marco Shaw"
<marcoDOTshaw_@_gmailDOTcom> wrote:

>http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...471946931.html
>
>Available for download now: the intro and index chapters, and PowerShell
>code.

I bought a copy of the book (too bad there's no ebook version
available). It's much friendlier to clueless newbies (i.e., all of us
at one point) than Payette's book, in my opinion. I'd say the biggest
plus for me is an extremely granulated table of contents that helps me
find exactly what I'm looking for at the moment, with a better
organization for newbies. Overall, the book goes for breadth and not
depth, which is fine for getting people up and running and familiar
with the basics.

I'm curious, as a book author myself - what extra value does an eBook offer
you? Seriously want to know, because we've been looking at a number of eBook
"formats" that offer various types of functionality, but I just don't have a
feel for how people would use an eBook. Not a big e-reader, myself.

Thanks!

--
Don Jones
Windows PowerShell MVP
Founder: www.ScriptingAnswers.com
Co-Author: "Windows PowerShell: TFM"

"Chuck Heatherly" <chuck.heatherly@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:48:23 -0300, "Marco Shaw"
> <marcoDOTshaw_@_gmailDOTcom> wrote:
>
>>http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...471946931.html
>>
>>Available for download now: the intro and index chapters, and PowerShell
>>code.
>
> I bought a copy of the book (too bad there's no ebook version
> available). It's much friendlier to clueless newbies (i.e., all of us
> at one point) than Payette's book, in my opinion. I'd say the biggest
> plus for me is an extremely granulated table of contents that helps me
> find exactly what I'm looking for at the moment, with a better
> organization for newbies. Overall, the book goes for breadth and not
> depth, which is fine for getting people up and running and familiar
> with the basics.

On Apr 26, 4:16 pm, "Don Jones [MVP]" <d...@sapien.com> wrote:
> I'm curious, as a book author myself - what extra value does an eBook offer
> you? Seriously want to know, because we've been looking at a number of eBook
> "formats" that offer various types of functionality, but I just don't have a
> feel for how people would use an eBook. Not a big e-reader, myself.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Don Jones
> Windows PowerShell MVP
> Founder:www.ScriptingAnswers.com
> Co-Author: "Windows PowerShell: TFM"
>
> "Chuck Heatherly" <chuck.heathe...@community.nospam> wrote in message
>
> news:4pj133h198nbp1dlq3n59denbp1625a4rt@4ax.com...
>
> > On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:48:23 -0300, "Marco Shaw"
> > <marcoDOTshaw_@_gmailDOTcom> wrote:
>
> >>http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...471946931.html
>
> >>Available for download now: the intro and index chapters, and PowerShell
> >>code.
>
> > I bought a copy of the book (too bad there's no ebook version
> > available). It's much friendlier to clueless newbies (i.e., all of us
> > at one point) than Payette's book, in my opinion. I'd say the biggest
> > plus for me is an extremely granulated table of contents that helps me
> > find exactly what I'm looking for at the moment, with a better
> > organization for newbies. Overall, the book goes for breadth and not
> > depth, which is fine for getting people up and running and familiar
> > with the basics.

Hi, Don.

I find I use ebooks a lot. I like being able to search them for quick
answers and I like being able to have them come up in my Desktop
Search software when I am looking for an answer.
For example, I might do a Desktop search like this:

Get-Credential WMI

.... and have the Poweshell User Guide (James Truher), Payettes book,
and any scripts I had where I'd used Get-Credential come up, as well
as ps_manual.txt

Cheers

I like having both - I have Payette's book, physical and ebook, and I
like to read the physical book to learn PS but when I'm trying to do
something RIGHT NOW I search the PDF.

Don Jones [MVP] wrote:
> I'm curious, as a book author myself - what extra value does an eBook
> offer you? Seriously want to know, because we've been looking at a
> number of eBook "formats" that offer various types of functionality, but
> I just don't have a feel for how people would use an eBook. Not a big
> e-reader, myself.
>
> Thanks!
>

"Chuck Heatherly" <chuck.heatherly@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:48:23 -0300, "Marco Shaw"
> <marcoDOTshaw_@_gmailDOTcom> wrote:
>
>>http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...471946931.html
>>
>>Available for download now: the intro and index chapters, and PowerShell
>>code.
>
> I bought a copy of the book (too bad there's no ebook version
> available). It's much friendlier to clueless newbies (i.e., all of us
> at one point) than Payette's book, in my opinion. I'd say the biggest
> plus for me is an extremely granulated table of contents that helps me
> find exactly what I'm looking for at the moment, with a better
> organization for newbies. Overall, the book goes for breadth and not
> depth, which is fine for getting people up and running and familiar
> with the basics.

I'm curious - is this a recent release? Too bad he didn't hold back a little
longer so he could refer to PowerShell by its post-beta name rather than
MSH. ;-0

/Al

I don't sit down and read an ebook, the biggest value is SEARCH.. once
you read something, you often want to reference it, it can take ages
sometimes to narrow down which chapter something was.. but with
search, you can find it quickly.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:45:33 -0600, "Al Dunbar"
<AlanDrub@hotmail.com.nospaam> wrote:

>
>"Chuck Heatherly" <chuck.heatherly@community.nospam> wrote in message
>news:4pj133h198nbp1dlq3n59denbp1625a4rt@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:48:23 -0300, "Marco Shaw"
>> <marcoDOTshaw_@_gmailDOTcom> wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...471946931.html
>>>
>>>Available for download now: the intro and index chapters, and PowerShell
>>>code.
>>
>> I bought a copy of the book (too bad there's no ebook version
>> available). It's much friendlier to clueless newbies (i.e., all of us
>> at one point) than Payette's book, in my opinion. I'd say the biggest
>> plus for me is an extremely granulated table of contents that helps me
>> find exactly what I'm looking for at the moment, with a better
>> organization for newbies. Overall, the book goes for breadth and not
>> depth, which is fine for getting people up and running and familiar
>> with the basics.
>
>I'm curious - is this a recent release? Too bad he didn't hold back a little
>longer so he could refer to PowerShell by its post-beta name rather than
>MSH. ;-0
>
>/Al

The book was just released this past Monday (4/23/07), but you're
right, the text that's next to the book on the website still refers to
MSH. There aren't any references to that name in the book itself
though.

Chuck

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:16:12 -0700, "Don Jones [MVP]" <don@sapien.com>
wrote:

>I'm curious, as a book author myself - what extra value does an eBook offer
>you? Seriously want to know, because we've been looking at a number of eBook
>"formats" that offer various types of functionality, but I just don't have a
>feel for how people would use an eBook. Not a big e-reader, myself.
>
>Thanks!

The biggest reason I like eBooks is because I rarely have physical
room to spread out a book (or several as is usually the case) next to
me when I'm at the computer. Having an eBook open in a window is much
easier to handle, and also is great for copy/paste operations with
code snippets.

Chuck

Thanks for the feedback. That's good to know.

--
Don Jones
Windows PowerShell MVP
Founder: www.ScriptingAnswers.com
Co-Author: "Windows PowerShell: TFM"

"Chuck Heatherly" <chuck.heatherly@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:16:12 -0700, "Don Jones [MVP]" <don@sapien.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm curious, as a book author myself - what extra value does an eBook
>>offer
>>you? Seriously want to know, because we've been looking at a number of
>>eBook
>>"formats" that offer various types of functionality, but I just don't have
>>a
>>feel for how people would use an eBook. Not a big e-reader, myself.
>>
>>Thanks!
>
> The biggest reason I like eBooks is because I rarely have physical
> room to spread out a book (or several as is usually the case) next to
> me when I'm at the computer. Having an eBook open in a window is much
> easier to handle, and also is great for copy/paste operations with
> code snippets.
>
> Chuck