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Hot Off the Presses – Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours
18 August 10 08:27 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
Yesterday I received the author copies of my latest book, Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours . When signing the author agreement many, many months ago, there is typically a clause that promises the author X copies of the finished book. Getting these...
The Economics Behind Writing Subsequent Editions (for Computer Trade Books)
24 June 08 05:06 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
The economics behind the college text book must be interesting. I've not written any textbooks, so my comments here are based more on assumption than knowledge, but what I but what always intrigued me - whilst a college student, at least - was how authors...
Working with Data in ASP.NET 2.0 - Complete!
03 April 07 12:03 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
Over the past year or so I've been creating a series of ASP.NET 2.0 tutorials for Microsoft that focus on working with data. These tutorials have been published on www.asp.net and on the MSDN website with the first batch published in June 2006. The Working...
Can You Learn ASP.NET in 24 Hours?
06 April 06 10:46 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
Earlier this week I blogged about my latest book hitting bookstores , Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours . Jeff Atwood chimed in with a blog post that pokes fun at the title Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours. Take a moment to read his post, it...
Hot Off the Presses - Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours!
04 April 06 08:10 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
As an author the most rewarding day in the life of a book is the day you are sent your author copies. When signing the author agreement many, many months ago, there is typically a clause that promises the author X copies of the finished book to give out...
Writing Marathon Complete!
30 November 05 09:19 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
Today I emailed off the final chapter of my latest ASP.NET book to my editor, a feeling that is second only to receiving the first copy in the mail. The book is still far from done - there's editing from the publisher's side, then author review, and then...
Visual Studio Hacks Available
04 April 05 08:23 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
Today I received my complementary copy of James Avery 's Visual Studio Hacks book, of which I contributed a handful of chapters. I assume that this means that the book is now available, although Amazon.com lists its availability as June 30, 2005, which...
Visual Studio Hacks
26 January 05 07:03 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments
Last year James Avery approached me about providing some hacks for his upcoming O'Reilly hacks book, Visual Studio Hacks . I was honored to be asked, and created five such hacks on the following topics: Halting on exceptions Using the Reflector Add-In...
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