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Amazon's Best Computer Books of 2004

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-strange-list dept.

theodp writes "Amazon.com's Editors have announced their selections for the Best Books of 2004 in the Computers and Internet category. Their favorite book of the year? Excel Hacks, which edged out Head First Servlets & JSP (#3), a Grand Theft Auto Strategy Guide (#5) and The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit (#8). Can Slashdot readers offer some more inspired choices?"

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  1. How did they choose? by Nos. · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I flipped through a bit and couldn't find what criteria they used to decide which were the best books. Out of the top 10 only 2 have any customer reviews. Is this a bestseller list, or just which publisher(s) paid the most to be on it?

  2. One objection by gowen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're including "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Strategy Guide" as a computing book, "101 Tips for Winning At Monopoly" in the list for Business/Management.

    Games are cool, but they're not computing.

    --
    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
  3. Re:Game Strategy Guide Makes the Top Ten? by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Different mindset. We see "Computers and Internet" and think "programming", others see "Computers and Internet" and see "games, browsing, and chatting". "Computers and Internet" is now a very broad category.

    Eric