Re: Can anyone identify this book? - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

I Googled for the first line of text from the back cover:

     "this updated and expanded second edition of Book provides"

28 other books seem to have that same description.


             -- Korry


> On 15 March 2016 at 18:51, Josh berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/1523349263/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_sn45wb1KJSV75
>>
>> So, leaving aside the very offensive title, the book contents are
>> plaigarized from someone else's PostgreSQL book.  Can someone identify
>> the book based on the "look inside"?  If you can, I can get Amazon to
>> remove it.
> There appear to be multiple version of the same book:
>
> "Postgres for beginners":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Beginners-Danielle-Riley/dp/1519789769
> "Postgres essentials":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Essentials-Kurt-Stewart/dp/1523832045
> "Postgres for bizzies":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Bizzies-Susan-Becker/dp/1523884045
> "Postgres in 5 hours":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-5-Hours-Katherine-Boyle/dp/1523925639
> "Postgres for Newbies":
> http://www.amazon.com/Postgres-Newbies-Amy-Farrell/dp/1523822392
> "The Art of Postgres":
> http://www.amazon.com/Art-Postgres-Ricky-Lee/dp/1523212632
> "Dive in Postgres":
> http://www.amazon.com/Dive-Postgres-Mr-Ruben-Lemke/dp/1519736231
>
> The source seems to be "Postgres Succinctly" by Peter Shaw:
> https://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/details/ebooks/postgres
>
> Thom
>
>