I agree, and would also add that it would be helpful if part of the header for each review included edition number.

We're now on Camel III, Learning Perl III, CGI Programming with Perl II, soon to see (rumor has it) Mastering Regular Expressions II, not long until we see a Perl Cookbook II, etc. While Camel has been good from the get go, I don't think anyone would argue with the assertion that the first edition of the mouse book (CGI Programming on the WWW) was far inferior to the second edition of the mouse book (CGI Programming with Perl). Ok, bad example because the title did change a little even though it's still the mouse book. But still it would be nice if one could quickly surmise whether or not a particular review was written for the 3rd edition or the 5th edition.

Just a thought...

Update: Corrected a wording to clarify my meaning.

Dave

"If I had my life to do over again, I'd be a plumber." -- Albert Einstein

In reply to Re: Book Reviews getting unmanageable by davido
in thread Book Reviews getting unmanageable by PhilHibbs

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