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Book Reviews

There are lots and lots of books available on Ubuntu, from beginners to experts there is something to suit everyone. I wanted to put up a book review on the blog and make some recommendations, but then I realised my own bookshelf is rather empty of books from the “beginner” end of the spectrum :-) I am not really the right person to tell you how useful some of these books are to someone new to the webbook, but YOU are!
So here is my offer to you:

  1. Buy a book on Ubuntu that you like the sound of
  2. Write a short review letting people know how useful you found it as you get to know your webbook
  3. Register as an Amazon Affiliate
  4. Send me the review and your affiliate ID
  5. I post the review and a link to the book with your Amazon ID in the link
  6. People buy the book
  7. Profit!!!

Here is a list of books from Amazon on Ubuntu:

These ones in particular sound like they ought to be good for beginners so that might be a nice place to start:

Leave a comment letting me know what you are reviewing, if two or more people want to get and review the same book that is fine, I will post all reviews.
Don’t make your retirement plans yet though, I have had an affiliate account for several years and my current balance is £9.21. Just another 79p and they will send me a cheque!

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3 Responses to “Book Reviews”

  1. Alison says:
    October 28, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    As an absolute novice, I found ‘Using Ubuntu Linux’ (2007) and ‘Linux in easy steps’ (4th ed. Jan., 2008) quite helpful. Although the former is rather short on detail, it does include a very useful listing of web resources. I am now eagerly awaiting my copy of ‘How to do everything: Ubuntu’, just published in the USA.

  2. Phil T says:
    November 27, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Am going to try the Guide for dummies sometime soon as i’ve used the Dummies guide before (Ms Office and Networking, and SLR Photography) and found them not only great for beginners, but also good to recap/refresh your knowledge, especially when you think something should work but it doesn’t and you cannot figure it out (often and issue with me and Networking).

  3. Alison says:
    December 2, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    Digging around a bit, I discovered that several Ubuntu Linux (and Linux) books are available to download free of charge. For further details see:

    http://my.opera.com/ubuntunerd/blog/ubuntu-books

    http://www.ubuntugeek.com/free-ubuntu-linux-e-books.html

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