I've been a fan of Packt books for several years. I also like the Apress books. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > I hadn't heard of them before, but they publish a bunch of books for use > with "Open Source" software programs: > > http://www.packtpub.com/books/**all/open-source<http://www.packtpub.com/books/all/open-source> > > I learned about it from the posting below about their new Octave book. > > Mike > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:10:36 > From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at octave.org> > To: Octave Maintainers List <octave-maintainers at octave.org**>, > Octave-help <help-octave at octave.org> > Subject: New Octave for Beginners book > > Allow me to advertise this book: > > http://www.packtpub.com/news/**become-confident-octave-user-** > packt%E2%80%99s-latest-book<http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-confident-octave-user-packt%E2%80%99s-latest-book> > > It's a book intended for absolute Octave beginners. I had the distinct > pleasure of being a technical reviewer for the book, and heartily > recommend it to students and practitioners alike who want a gentle > introduction to Octave. The book begins with the very basics, from > installing Octave and elementary flow control operations to more > sophisticated applications like numerical solutions of elliptic PDEs, > statistical description of data, and Fourier analysis of signals. It > also covers more advanced programming topics such as how to create > standalone C++ applications with mkoctfile or how to prepare > Octave-Forge packages. I myself learned a thing or two about Octave as > I was reviewing this book. > > If you or someone you know would like a printed guide on Octave beyond > what Octave's own documentation can offer, consider this book. > > - Jordi G. H. > ______________________________**_________________ > Help-octave mailing list > Help-octave at octave.org > https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/**listinfo/help-octave<https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/help-octave> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110628/eb6df968/attachment.html>