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• Hey Greg - the Canadian MVP of the month is reading your book!

  http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/archive/2008/04/01/mvp-insider-q-a-with-wes-mcdonald.aspx I couldn't imagine a better book for an MVP to read, eh? Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 7:31 PM by Paul Nielsen | 2 Comments Filed under: books

• 15 shopping days left at ALFKI

  I'm kicking off the next round of the SQL Server Bible series for Wiley. For the past two versions I used my own custom sample databases and skipped the MSFT sample databases (even though I feel that ALFKI's a friend and I'd love to shop there someday.) Read More... Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 12:52 PM by Paul Nielsen | 7 Comments Filed under: Northwind, samples, books

• OT: Amazon Kindle

  Last night on PBS Jeff Bezos was talking about his new Kindle device on the Charley Rose show. When asked if he felt more emotion about Kindle than Amazon.com, Jeff replied with an enthusiastic yes. To paraphrase, “Books are technology and every technology Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:31 AM by Paul Nielsen | 3 Comments Filed under: books

• 3 new illegal ebook downloads

  Three new illegal eBook download sites were reported today alone. I have a Google alert set to my book and I usually receive 1 or 2 links a week with free illegal downloads of my book. Today there were three. Some sites even list the number of downloads. Read More... Posted Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:04 PM by Paul Nielsen | 10 Comments Filed under: books

• Kalen's Magnum Opus

  At first glance, Inside SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization, appears to be a multiple-author ensemble book with only 1½ chapters written by Kalen, which might be disappointing. However, the reality is that this database dream team is hand-picked Read More... Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 8:43 PM by Paul Nielsen | 5 Comments Filed under: books