Whats the most you've ever spent on a tech book

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Trying to convince myself spending £110 on a book is normal lol.

 

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Depends on the book but I have to say that's pretty damned expensive, what is it?

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/98-369-Fund...370534&sr=1-2&keywords=mta+cloud+fundamentals

 

Wait a few months, pick a second hand copy up cheap. Never pre-order books.

Cert exams aren't really worth that much, neither are cert books.

 

when you say cert exams do you mean certs in general or the specific cert the book relates to?

 

Both. Taking the exam in 6 months time is unlikely to make much difference to anything.
Only worth paying the premium if you think passing the exam 6 months earlier will be important.

 

Technically 4 books Jim, but nice try !

 

I managed to pre-order the book for half the price by pre-ordering it of Amazon.com and oppose to .uk... happy!

 

I spent a lot on books in the past, could easily have bought 3-4 books costing 200+ every 5-6 months... but the one thing I hate today, is that technology is changing so fast that the books become outdated quite fast. So if you do spend the 100+ on a book that won't stay relevant for long, then I don't think it's worth it, unless its the kind of book that you can always reference to get a good ROI from it.

I also noticed that today, there are a tons of free content on the internet to go through... For example, Microsoft Technet articles and various blogs, Citrix has a strong knowledge base as well.

I personally have a Packt subscription of online reading, it gets the job done, I read on the computer often because I tend to multitask while doing my work stuff.

 

Amazon Kindle Unlimited

 

Doesn't have that many IT books it seems, unless I missed something?

 

Nope it doesn't, I'm not a fan of it tbh.

 

I've finally remembered the company I was trying to think of when you asked about ebooks. We used to have a couple of advocates here for Safari Books Online. Looks like it's about £25 a month at current exchange rates...so not as cheap as the lowest Pluralsight sub, but depends on your preferred study methods