saywell 3 Posted November 16, 2010 This follows a post on a recent thread, but I feel a specific thread is more appropriate!I have just taken delivery of this book:AutoIt [Paperback]Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome (Editor), John McBrewster (Editor) Paperback: 74 pages Publisher: Betascript Publishing (13 Sep 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 6132815708 ISBN-13: 978-6132815705 Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 15 x 0.5 cm It's a complete rip-off and is going straight back to Amazon!I suggest that no one here even considers buying it!below is a copy of the review I have submitted to Amazon:This 74 page 'slim volume' costs £24 and is compiled entirely of articles copied from Wikipedia.Most of the articles are unrelated to the programming language AUTOIT - 2 1/2 pages only!! There is no reference to how to program in this language other than a 'Hello World' message box example.In short, I consider this to be a total rip-off and if there were an option to award zero stars, I would have used it! Thank goodness for the Amazon returns policy.If you want to learn AutoIT coding, there's a wealth of help in its helpfile, in the online wiki, and from the very knowledgeable user community in the help forums.http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/forum/2-general-help-and-support/http://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/Main_PageI say again: "DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK" Be warned!Regards,William Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iamtheky 927 Posted November 16, 2010 betascript is just an imprint of VDM publishing. Under no circumstances should you ever purchase a book from VDM publishing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDM_Publishing ,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-. |(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/ (_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_) | | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) ( | | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | | `-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_| '-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites