| ▲ | so-cal-schemer 7 hours ago | |
I've mostly stopped recommending O'Reilly books at my public library because in many cases the printing has been so bad, it's embarrassing. Just-in-time manufacturing, I guess. It's not like the old days when books were heirlooms with attentive layouts, quality paper and ink, and solid bindings. Addison-Wesley's offerings come to mind, even softcover books from Prentice-Hall. And especially the ancient Computer Science Series from McGraw-Hill College. Manning and No Starch do a better job these days. Here's a new hardcover many here could appreciate: Heavy Wizardry 101: Shellcodes, Backdoors, Droppers, and Worms by David Martínez Oliveira, aka Pico | ||
| ▲ | so-cal-schemer 6 hours ago | parent [-] | |
s/mostly/almost/ O'Reilly still puts out many great, serious books with good formatting and decent binding + paper + printing. Many of the new titles on machine learning, for instance. | ||