Re: New SQL Book Scam or Not?
From: Mike Epprecht \(SQL MVP\) (mike_at_epprecht.net)
Date: 07/10/04
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Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:19:09 +0200
Or a book where the Author does not even put his/her/their names to it and
they claim to be experts.
-- -------------------------------- Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP Epprecht Consulting (PTY) LTD Johannesburg, South Africa Mobile: +27-82-552-0268 IM: mike@epprecht.net Specialist SQL Server Solutions and Consulting MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp "Dan Guzman" <danguzman@nospam-earthlink.net> wrote in message news:eL$VnroZEHA.228@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Personally, I wouldn't even consider a book marketed via spam. > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Dan Guzman > SQL Server MVP > > "atchleykl" <atchleykl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:109CDD33-5CF3-47C5-8E61-1A8AE3626852@microsoft.com... > > Has anyone heard of this book? I got this e-mail and the book looks good, > but I'm afraid it's a scam because I can't find the book online anywhere > else. I also can't locate this Beyond Books, Inc. See Email below: > > > > FROM: "Microsoft Professional Learning Series" > <msdev_book-offers@in-the-trenches.com>" > > > > Dear Microsoft Professional, > > > > We would like to inform you that the book that you've been looking & > waiting for is finally here! > > This hot new book has the industry buzzing about its hardhitting & > revealing content. It drives deep into issues no other industry guru or MVP > has properly addressed and follows through with powerful solutions to them. > Learn advanced & secret techniques used by the pros "in the trenches" and > get complete solutions & code that can literally save you thousands of hours > of research, design, development, coding, and testing (not to mention all > the frustration, headaches, hair pulling, forehead smacking, & other pains > from the process). > > If you are a SQL Server developer, a .NET developer, or a Development Team > Lead, an I.T. Manager or Project Manager for a software product built on > .NET & SQL Server, you owe it to yourself to buy & read this book. The > information that you'll get will be priceless. Forget all those lame > "bibles" out there. This book will be the prize of your library, the key > book that will guide you in your decisions & provide you with hardhitting > information. > > > > From the author: > > This new book truly reveals advanced & secret techniques of SQL Server & > .NET professionals and provides complete & customizable solutions to real > world problems. Face it, you don't want to buy another developer's book that > turns out to be just another big reference manual. You also don't want to go > to yet another mindless or boring developer's conference or seminar where > you'll end up wondering if you'll ever use any of the stuff you've just > "learned". And those online discussion boards can only help so much by > pointing you in a certain direction, but fall short in providing you with a > complete solution or the big picture. Believe me, as a professional > developer, I've done all those things, and I know that you'll find this book > is the only learning resource available that GOES THE DISTANCE when it comes > to discussing, solving, & providing these solutions. This book has over 600 > pages of golden information, complete solutions, and valuable code you will > not find anywhere else. You will even find sections that cover SQL Server or > .NET issues or topics that have never been addressed or shared in any other > developer resources or public media. You won't find these techniques in any > other book, developer seminar, or online resource anywhere. > > Click here to find out more about the contents of this hot new book: > > <http://www.in-the-trenches.com/mssql.net/toc.asp> > > > > In The Trenches I.T. Professional Learning Series -- "We Go The Distance" > > Beyond Books, Inc. > > Las Vegas, NV > > <http://www.in-the-trenches.com> > > > > ********************************************************* > > To be taken off this list, simply reply to this email > > ********************************************************* > > > > > >
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