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On Sunday 10 Aug 2003 5:58 pm, Daniel Palmer wrote: > Philip Ireland wrote: > People that borrow a book and like it will probably go on to buy it so > they have it at hand, 4" thick C/C++ books aren't much good on a month > lend other then to get a feel of the writting style, but if someone > finds it's not their cup of tea they haven't lost anything. > > I think a five pound deposit would put most shady characters off of > borrowing books in the first place and encourage those that have done to > bring them back timely and in good condition :) > I agree with the idea. Once the Plymouth meeting is over, I'll see if the DCLUG website can be used to create the list of who has what. Should be a simple database with ISBN numbers that can easily link to Amazon etc. so that people can check other user's reviews and look for the latest versions. (Some of mine are a tad old by now.) So, I currently have: O'Reilly: 1. Linux in a Nutshell 0-596-00025-1 2. Web Design in a Nutshell 1-56592-515-7 3. Perl in a Nutshell 1-56592-286-7 I also have a few SAMS books, four Visual Quickstart Guides, a couple of WROX books and various other odds. The majority are already listed on my own codebooks page: http://www.codehelp.co.uk/code/codebooks.shtml One additional thought. There are times when I'll need these books myself and seeing as I paid for them, there ought to be some way of taking certain books OFF the library list temporarily if the OWNER has 'prior need'. Any other requests for features? I'll get on to it next week, sometime. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk http://www.dclug.org.uk http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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