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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:42:25 +1100
Subject: Re: iBATIS in Action errata
From: Zoran Avtarovski <zoran@sparecreative.com>
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	Clinton Begin <clinton.begin@gmail.com>
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I didn't mean it to me that harsh. I love iBatis. I really do.

It's just when a book starts to gather dust after just a couple of weeks you
have to question its value. As I said in the review, the book faces stiff
competition from a great online user guide to begin with. The great
documentation (user guide and tutorial) are one of the reasons for the
success of iBatis.

My thoughts are that the manning book needed to cater to a different
audience, not beginners, and also look at integration in common deployment
environments struts, spring, etc.

So, I apologise for the two stars and I will change it to 3 as I don't think
any more are appropriate.

Z.

> Thanks for the feedback Ted.
> 
> Although we're working on finding out how to submit errata, we do know how
> to submit reviews on Amazon.... ;-)
> 
> We only have one review which has fair comments, but an unusually harsh star
> rating based on those comments (similar comments about other books being
> "too simple" still usually fetch 3 - 4 stars, not 2).  ;-)
> 
> Anyway...please be sure to post your honest feedback on amazon (but don't
> post errata there, Amazon didn't edit the book).  ;-)
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> Clinton
>