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andyakb on Aug 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Case for Buying Technical Books

Why the hate for consultants who write books? If they dont provide value in the material then sure, that sucks, but if it is worthwhile information why should I care if they use it to help get consulting clients? Shouldnt I be happy that consulting allows people with valuable things to say to publish it for a price I can afford?

jaycfields on Aug 25, 2014 [–]

No hate for consultants from me. The opposite, actually: http://blog.jayfields.com/2012/05/single-best-thing-for-my-c...

Consultants should write books, but I believe we'd all benefit if non-consultants wrote books as well.

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