Giving away Programming C# 4 – one per week…

[ Weekly Winners Listed at the bottom of the message ]

Want a free copy?

If you’d like a free copy of Programming C# 4 direct from O’Reilly, just leave a comment indicating your interest and agreeing that after you read it you’ll…

(a) write a review on Amazon and BN.com, (good, bad or other) and, (b) if you like it, tell friends and co-workers (if not, tell me 🙂  )

Each week for the next 3 months I’ll draw a name randomly (each entry will be assigned a number and I’ll use a (pseudo) random number generator to pick one).

My Hidden Agenda

Programming C# was, for a while, the best selling book on C# and O’Reilly’s #1 .NET book.  I want that back.  The single best way I knew of to get it, was to ask Ian Griffiths, the smartest C# programmer I know, if he would rewrite the book; keeping what was best, removing the cruft and adding his extraordinary insight.  He and Matthew Adams (an extremely sharp (pardon) guy who I don’t know nearly well enough) have done an extraordinary job.

Quite Note on Rules

This is a fairly informal system, but to make sure no one is upset, here are some rules that I hope are fairly standard:

1. I will do my best to ensure that the selection is random
2. I will select a winner sometime during every week of August, September and October 2010, though we may extend.
3. Please put your name into the comments only once
4. I will announce the winners on this blog post,  and announce the update on twitter (@jeseliberty)

5. Winners must provide me with their full name, shipping address, contact phone and email. Unless you specifically ask otherwise, O’Reilly may add you to one or another of their mailing lists.
6. This is a promotional give-away from O’Reilly Media, please follow their rules and all local laws, customs and rites.
7. Void where prohibited, Your mileage may vary, Not available in sector C.



Weekly Winners

  1. …The first winner is Twitter Follower 0x666 – @Darenmay.
  2. Winner for the week of August 9: Mark Lewin
  3. Winner for the week of August 17:  mclearwater@gmail.com
  4. Winner for the week of August 23: vaudette@gmail.com
  5. Winner for the Week of August 30: Shankar R.
  6. Winner for the week of Sept 7: Kevin
  7. Winner for the week of September 14: Niall D
  8. Winner for the week of September 21: Otsile Earl Kole
  9. Winner for the week of September 28: AxiomaticImpact
  10. Winner for the week of November 1: SilverArc
  11. Winner for the week of November 8: Graeme G
  12. Winner for the week of November 15: Robert.Waffles

Update: books will all go out the first week of January.

Winners: Be sure to email your full name and mailing address to me: jesseliberty@jesseliberty.com

About Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty has three decades of experience writing and delivering software projects and is the author of 2 dozen books and a couple dozen online courses. His latest book, Building APIs with .NET, is now available wherever you buy your books. Liberty is a Senior SW Engineer for CNH and he was a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, a Distinguished Software Engineer for AT&T, a VP for Information Services for Citibank and a Software Architect for PBS. He is a Microsoft MVP.
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510 Responses to Giving away Programming C# 4 – one per week…

  1. Luis Garcia says:

    I am interested and agree with conditions.

  2. Rickj says:

    Cout me in Jessie I read your blog all the time I’ll have to comment more when. I was an absolute begginner Programing C# was my first book looking forward to C#4.0 hope I win

  3. Ken Blackstein says:

    Agreed to all terms. Naturally, would love to participate.

  4. John Cross says:

    This book looks great! Count me in.

  5. Mark Lewin says:

    Yes! Count me in. Will review on Amazon and for our local user groups over here in the UK (nxtgenug.org.uk)

  6. Thomas Mutzl says:

    yup!

  7. Sreenivas Manyam Rajaram says:

    i would love to read it.

  8. dob says:

    very interested and agree to conditions

  9. Vinodh says:

    Nice initiative. I’ll definitely read and write a review.

  10. Yibo says:

    Want a copy as well and willing to review after.

  11. Gerry Noble says:

    Interested in a copy and willing to review

  12. Chris Mark says:

    I could really use the book Jesse, will review I promise!

  13. Mark Lloyd says:

    Damn straight I will read the book and comment. I can’t get enough of c# and need all the help I can get;)

  14. Goldytech says:

    i am vb programmer but have recently shifted to c#. I think this book will help me to get started

  15. Chris Evans says:

    Would love to have the book, and I will definitely write and review on Amazon and BN.com

  16. Alan Mendelevich says:

    Me too.

  17. I’d definitely be up for helping out – it would be a good companion to the C# 4.0 in a Nutshell that I’m reading now!

  18. Thumma says:

    definitely, I will write the review…thanks….

  19. Jason Coon says:

    I’d love to have the book, and promise I’ll write a review and tell everyone about it.

  20. Jim Arthur says:

    This is a great offer and I certainly do agree that I will (a) write a review on Amazon and BN.com, (good, bad or other) and, (b) tell friends and co-workers.

  21. Robert Ubi says:

    Awesome! Definitely I’m going to read it, and leave a review and of course I’m going to recommend it to my friends.

  22. I would love to have a copy of the book. I will surely read it and write a review on Amazon.

    thanks,
    Pradeep

  23. Justin says:

    Want free book please. Will review.

  24. Matt Lowrance says:

    I’d like the book, and even though you drive a hard bargain, I’ll agree to your terms. 😉

    Thanks!

  25. William Wade says:

    I would like to read the book and leave a review.

    Wade

  26. ramneek says:

    Me too!! And i agree to write a review about it and if i like it, I will also tell about it to friends and co-workers

  27. Dan Fischer says:

    I’m in and I agree to your conditions. 🙂 BTW, when is your Silverlight 4 book coming out?

  28. buckley says:

    Im not saying not if I win 🙂

  29. Aaron says:

    I promise to read in its entirety and leave feedback about it, as I have done in the past on on amazon 🙂

  30. DangerMice says:

    Definitely interested and agree to conditions 🙂

  31. Steve Chadbourne says:

    Tought myself C# with the v2 book so looking forward to the V4. Would review if I received a free copy.

  32. Malte says:

    Love C#, so naturally would love a copy. I agree that I would write a review and tell my coworkers.

  33. Joseph Tjaarda says:

    I would really like a copy of programming C# 4. I know that if I had the book, I’d share it with the rest of my team. Once I’m done with it, I’d probably donate it to my school’s computer science department.

  34. Sean Macfoy says:

    I would LOVE one! You have no idea how happy this would make me =D

    I have your book “Sams Teach yourself C++ in one hour a day, 6e”. I’m teaching myself programming out of interest, and I’ve found your book EXTREMELY helpful.

    I’d be happy to write a review on Amazon and to tell friends about it (:

  35. Carl Taswell says:

    I’ll read/review the C# book.

  36. WilBev says:

    Definitely interested and will provide a completely honest review.

  37. Aaron says:

    Willing and able.

  38. Don says:

    I would be very happy to receive a copy of your latest book. I am not shy when it comes to sharing my opinions, so I would welcome the chance to post a review.

    Thanks.

  39. Wildcat says:

    I read several C# books written by Jesse and hope this one is even better. And agree to write a review and tell my friends about it!

  40. Mark Hanley says:

    I’m definitely interested! The first edition of this book was my saviour when learning OOP for my masters degree. It taught me more in one weekend than my OOP lecturer did in an entire module and was the sole reason for me switching from Java to C#.

  41. AS-CII says:

    I’m interested in reading the book and leaving a review on Amazon and BN.com. I’ll also talk about it to my co-workers here in Italy.

    Antonio.

  42. Kevin Claeys says:

    I am very interested and fully agree with the conditions!

  43. Ron Green says:

    Love to read it and review it but would rather have the book as epub.

  44. Mike Goatly says:

    I’m definitely up for it – fingers crossed!

  45. Ada Tzeng says:

    I am interested in the C# book and I agree that after I read it I

  46. Mahdi says:

    I’m also interested and agree with the conditions. So, a free copy would be nice 😀

  47. Andreas Ek says:

    I’m definitly interested in reading and leaving a review.
    Regards, Andreas Ek

  48. Eric Flamm says:

    Everything I know about C# I learned from O’Reilly books (well, almost everything). I’d like a copy of Programming c# 4 so I can stay up-to-date and share it with our .net user group…

  49. Greg Duncan says:

    Count me in… 🙂

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