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May 31st, 2005

Obsolete computer books–and a solution

By David Rothman

How many times have you bought a paper computer book and felt it was obsolete by the time you got it home from the store? Could e-books do a better job–and in new ways? Naba Barkakati, a prolific computer-book writer and a recent endorser of OpenReader, has some ideas.

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