Everyday Scripting - who's read it ?

On the agile testing mail group, Brian Marick posted that his book Everday Scripting with Ruby had good sales the first year then low sales this and wondered if it was because the audience for it was saturated

I bought it when it came out and found it a great read - as a totally unscientific experiment, who else out there has it - or has heard of it but not bought it ?

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Permalink Reply by Rosie Sherry on July 23, 2008 at 9:14am: Heard of it, not bought it cause Ruby ain't my thing.

Not sure what book trends are like, but it may be worth comparing his sales compared to other book sales. It could be perfectly normal?

Of course we could start a Ruby group to help support his book...and Ruby!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phil Walker on July 23, 2008 at 12:58pm: I've got it and read 2 chapters, unfortunately I've not had chance to spend any more time with it, so I'm ashamed to say it's currently sitting gathering dust.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matthew Heusser on July 24, 2008 at 6:38pm: I have it, but I've got a review copy. I think I owe Brian a review. Crap!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andy Tinkham on July 26, 2008 at 3:52am: Bought it as soon as I saw it on the shelves, and read it. Ruby is my thing (or at least was before I joined Microsoft - need to learn C# now!); ▶ Reply to This