Re: Can anyone identify this book?

From: Josh berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy Group <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Can anyone identify this book?
Date: 2016-03-15 19:43:30
Message-ID: 56E865E2.6030303@agliodbs.com
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On 03/15/2016 12:17 PM, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 15 March 2016 at 18:51, Josh berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/1523349263/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_sn45wb1KJSV75
>>
>> So, leaving aside the very offensive title, the book contents are
>> plaigarized from someone else's PostgreSQL book. Can someone identify
>> the book based on the "look inside"? If you can, I can get Amazon to
>> remove it.
>
> There appear to be multiple version of the same book:
>
> "Postgres for beginners":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Beginners-Danielle-Riley/dp/1519789769
> "Postgres essentials":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Essentials-Kurt-Stewart/dp/1523832045
> "Postgres for bizzies":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Bizzies-Susan-Becker/dp/1523884045
> "Postgres in 5 hours":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-5-Hours-Katherine-Boyle/dp/1523925639
> "Postgres for Newbies":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Newbies-Amy-Farrell/dp/1523822392
> "The Art of Postgres":
> http://www.amazon.com/Art-Postgres-Ricky-Lee/dp/1523212632
> "Dive in Postgres":
> http://www.amazon.com/Dive-Postgres-Mr-Ruben-Lemke/dp/1519736231
>
> The source seems to be "Postgres Succinctly" by Peter Shaw:
> https://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/details/ebooks/postgres

Well spotted. Peter has been pinged about this.

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Josh Berkus
Red Hat OSAS
(any opinions are my own)

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