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Price of this book vs price of Safari subscription

 
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Kenneth A. Kousen wrote:Safari Books Online, which would give you access to all the books, as well as videos and online training courses. I'm a fan of that, having been a Safari subscriber for years.


Interesting...
On one hand your book is ~$40 from Amazon.com and that is a one time fee.
On the other hand, one month of Safari Books Online is ~$40 (but reoccurring fee), but you get access to so much more then a single book during that one month.

From the title of the book and what I know about the book this appears to be one of those books that it would be good to have a reference in the future.
What type of book would you say it is Ken Kousen?
 
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Split from this thread.
 
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Another advantage is that you own the book at the end. Which is good if you want to write in it, share it with a teammate, etc.
 
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I would like to believe my book is good as a long-term reference. I like the Safari subscription partly because I travel a lot, but also because of the videos and the training classes.

That said, I'm probably not a great person to ask because I have a tendency to also buy print copies of books I like even though I already have a Safari subscription.
 
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