Member 7989122 wrote:
Their products is all they care about.
That was actually my point (hidden in all the grousing ;P ): O'Reilly used to be one of the best book publishers, because books were their product. Now their business seems centered around conferences and the subscription model. I understand the book market probably isn't what it used to be, and companies have to adjust to survive. I just really don't like the subscription model at all for books, music, or video. As an aside, I am with you on owning physical copies. I have nearly all my music on physical CDs. All the video I care about is on DVD or BR. My book collection is also pretty big. I mainly buy e-somethings for the convenience of being able to travel with a collection in my tablet or phone. I try really hard not to get e-anything that I can't download and keep a copy of.
