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From: meikle@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Meikle)
Subject: Re: USENIX books
Message-ID: <Bwy2KF.1C4@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Summary: Go USENIX
Keywords: USENIX books
Organization: UTCS Public Access
References: <1992Oct30.005443.765@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 17:14:39 GMT
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In article <1992Oct30.005443.765@u.washington.edu> ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter) writes:
>I'm holding an old copy of a USENIX book "Unix System Manager's Manual"
>ala (SMM). It is someone else's copy.  Where do I obtain a set of 
>USENIX books?  

The best source is probably USENIX itself.  While some stores will 
stock them to meet demand, I think most would have to charge more 
than list price (because USENIX discounts only apply to large-volume
orders, & the rent's gotta get paid).  Personally, I point people at
USENIX -- most customers would rather wait 3 weeks than pay an extra
25% markup for convenience.

The last order form I saw gave this information (in September):

	4.3BSD User's Manual Set (3 vols)         $28.00
	4.3BSD Programmer's Manual Set (3 vols)   $28.00
	4.3BSD System Manager's Manual (1 vol)    $12.00

Prices are in US$ & include shipping via UPS for US & Canadian orders.
Visa & MasterCard are accepted.

The trick is that I believe your signature is required to authorize
USENIX to reproduce the copyrighted manuals for you -- so you need
a copy of the order form.  

USENIX Association
Manual Order Department
2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215
Berkeley, CA 94710 USA

(510) 528-8649
(510) 548-5738 fax
office@usenix.org

Hope this helps -- please note that this is from an order form I 
received in September -- some stuff may have changed.  (And, again,
I don't stock them at the store here -- go direct, or west, or to).
-- 
Barry Meikle                                  University of Toronto Bookstore
1-416-978-7925 phone                214 College Street, Toronto, Ont. M5T 3A1
1-416-978-7242 fax                                meikle@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
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