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. John Chen says:

    It always to read book by a legendary author, it’s even better if I win a free/signed copy.

  2. Dave says:

    I love C#.

  3. Marco Dal Pino says:

    I’m a .NET c# programmer, I’m excited about the news in c#4 and VS2010.

  4. Todd says:

    Would love a copy of the book. Well whether or not I get a copy, I am anxious to develop a few cool apps for WP7. If only my day job wouldn’t get in the way 🙂

  5. Sergei says:

    Sing me up for the raffle.

  6. Chris Arnold says:

    Always been a Wrox fan – can O’Reilly tempt me over to their bookshelf?

  7. Ivan says:

    Loved the last one! Sign me up.

  8. Chuck says:

    Have been programming for years, would welcome the opportunity to read your book and review it on Amazon. Especially interested in C# 4.0-new features.

  9. shrichards says:

    It would be great to be able to learn from your book!

  10. Bog says:

    I’m interested to read it.

  11. Chris Ross says:

    I will definitely read it and write a review.

  12. Absolutely! I love O’Reilley publications!! CSharp dynamism is the future, parallel computing reactive fmwk, thats what I am looking for!

  13. Dan says:

    Jesse, I love your site! I am interested in reading your literature.

  14. J. House says:

    I would love to read this book. I need to learn c# anyway! Thanks for the offer.

  15. Christian Lensbjerg says:

    Would love to read and evaluate it – never been let down by anything you’ve recommended or published.

  16. I need to sit down and put some attention to the new things in 4.0 anyway. Reading with the intent of writing a review is a good way to do that. I’ll have to remember that with the book I’m reading now, regardless of whether my name gets pulled out of the hat.

  17. @Mark Lewin
    Mark, please see the list of weekly winners!

  18. Eric says:

    I have always programmed .Net applications in VB.Net. I have been doing a lot more C++ lately and would like to change my .Net programming to C#. This book would help me a lot.

  19. Wayne says:

    I would love to read the book and would be willing to write a review.

  20. SrinivasGanti says:

    Hi…I’d love to read the book..and if I find it interesting (or not), I’ll post my honest review on Amazon.

  21. seema says:

    I would love to read this book

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  23. Luis Faustino says:

    I would like to read this book and agree to make a review on Amazon.com, as well as speak about it to other developers in my company.

  24. Luis Faustino says:

    Very interested in reading this book and learn C# 4.0.

  25. Nagaraju says:

    Yes, would love to read this book

  26. Gary Park says:

    Yes, would love to read this book, and provide a review.

  27. Roland says:

    Would love a copy, and the review will be in the post if I’m fortunate enough to receive one

  28. Avtar says:

    I would love to read it Jesse and welcome to INDIA, I just come to know that you are in campus 🙂

  29. Ales says:

    Would be great to read it and write a review.

  30. Dan says:

    Looking forward to reading the new edition!

  31. KevinS says:

    I would be glad to read it and write a review

  32. Dag says:

    Would love to read the book and review it.

  33. pravin says:

    Very interested in the new features of C# 4.0. Looking forward to reading the book and giving review. Thanks for the offer!

  34. bnaven says:

    Thanks Jesse , would love to read and review this book

  35. Hi Jesse,
    Thank you for the giveaway.
    Will write a review for sure, after reading.

  36. Mark Stevens says:

    Would love to read this.

  37. Rujuta says:

    I would love to read it.

  38. Joep Killaars says:

    I would love to read it !!

  39. Larry Haun says:

    I would love to read it. C# continues to evolve and we need to evolve with it.

  40. Ana says:

    I would like a copy please!

  41. Pranav Singh says:

    Desparately want to read that book.
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  42. net205 says:

    i want to read it, and write a little feelings.

  43. Jeff says:

    Hey, this is a great idea, sign me up! O’Reilly books got me into C#.

  44. I would love to read this book. The first book of yours that I’ve read was “Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days”. Programming C# 1st edition was my first contact with C# language and was great.

  45. csmacnz says:

    I just finished reading Programming C# 3.0 a few months ago to learn C#, bring on C# 4! I always learn a lot from programming books, Is it wrong that they are fun to read?

  46. Brad says:

    I would gladly read this book.

  47. George says:

    I am programmer that is starting out. I am really interested in reading this book!

  48. Dwayne says:

    Just starting to learn C#. I would love to read Programming C# 4, and will be glad to post a review on Amazon.com and BN.com and spread the word to friends.

  49. Johny says:

    Hey, I would love to read this book. I will surely rate and review your book on Amazon.com and recommend it to all my developer friends. I am currently a C# developer for 3 years and would love to read your book to see what is new in C# 4.

  50. Elmer says:

    i love to read it!!

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