From nicholas at nicholaspyers.com Mon Apr 18 21:47:46 2005 From: nicholas at nicholaspyers.com (Nicholas Pyers) Date: Mon Apr 18 21:50:10 2005 Subject: [ACNN-Mac] Take Control of Tiger eBooks Message-ID: For those who haven't read a Take Control ebook before, I strongly suggest you check them out, as the new books they'll be producing on Tiger will be well worth every single cent you pay and seeing as you'll only be paying US$5-$10 each, they'll be a steal ;) For some reason Adam has provided links to the original Panther releases of the books, so here are the links to the Tiger books http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-upgrading.html http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-users.html http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-sharing.html There is a Pre-order Bundle where you can get all four books for just US$20, saving 20% Also, remember that Macintosh User Group members can get a further 10% discount off all Take Control books - visit http://www.ausom.net.au/specials.html for more information. >Take Control News/18-Apr-05 > by Adam C. Engst > >People at Apple aren't the only ones furiously preparing for Mac OS >X 10.4 Tiger. We're putting the finishing touches on our slate of >Take Control of Tiger ebooks, which we plan to ship right when Tiger >does. > > > >Pre-orders Open for Our Tiger Ebooks -- Apple announced that Mac OS >X 10.4 Tiger would ship at 6:00 PM on 29-Apr-05, prompting immediate >questions in email from readers asking if we would be updating our >ebooks for Tiger. But of course! A short time to publication is one >of the major advantages of ebooks, and we've all been working >extremely hard so we can release four ebooks simultaneously with >Tiger itself. > >Joe Kissell has installed Tiger at least 40 times by now in >developing his all-new advice about how to best upgrade for "Take >Control of Upgrading to Tiger." In adding coverage of Spotlight, >Smart Folders, Dashboard, Automator, and more, Matt Neuburg has >almost doubled the size of "Take Control of Customizing Tiger." And >both Kirk McElhearn and Glenn Fleishman have meticulously researched >all the large and small changes in Tiger for "Take Control of Users >& Accounts in Tiger" and "Take Control of Sharing Files in Tiger." > > > > > > >Needless to say, Apple would have our heads on a platter if we >released these ebooks before Tiger shipped, so we'll be putting the >finishing touches on each one and working on PDF production over the >next two weeks. But if you can't wait, you can pre-order as many of >the four ebooks as you'd like for the same price as they'll sell for >after April 29th (that even applies to the discount bundles). If you >choose to pre-order, at the end of the order process (your credit >card will be charged), be sure to download the pre-order book >covers, since they include the Check for Updates buttons you must >click to download each full ebook. We will attempt to notify >everyone who pre-orders via email when we release the final ebooks; >make sure to select the "Notify me of new Take Control books via >email" checkbox while ordering. When it comes time to download, >click the Check for Updates button and then the download link in the >Web page that loads. > >And so the countdown to Tiger begins! -- Nicholas Pyers (nicholas@nicholaspyers.com) "Heaven on Earth?" "No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth!"