CD-ROMs with Books -- Worth Your While?

Posted by michael on Tuesday April 2, 2002 @08:06AM from the save-a-buck-or-two dept.

An anonymous submitter sends: "I'm working on a new book which would have the Open Source/Linux/BSD/etc community as its target audience, and the editors are very interested in having a CD-ROM included with it. I personally feel that a CD only adds a few bucks to the cost for negligible benefit, since the code is probably outdated by the time you get it. What are your thoughts? Do you get something out of having the code on CD, or would you rather have references in the book or online and download the software yourself? (And lest you wonder why I'm posting as AC, this is a serious question, not a PR attempt.)" I have several technical books with CD-ROMs. I've never used any of them. I'd rather the book have an accompanying website to provide code and errata. But maybe other people feel differently.

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Re:Book on the CD by Anonymous Coward · 2002-04-02 10:56 · Score: 1, Informative

I had a book once that contained the American edition of the book in PDF format on the included CD (the paper book was the Canadian edition). The Canadian edition was missing some stuff and that is why the American edition was there. The PDF was kind of nice, I think I used it more than the book itself.