Book Blog Posts

Cross-posted from my Don't Be Iffy Blog from the Book category.

Here I go again! Programming Entity Framework 2nd Edition (for EF4)

Monday, August 10 2009        

Well, it’s official. I’ve gone completely mad and just sent a signed contract back to O’Reilly for the rewrite of my book, Programming Entity Framework. With such big changes to Entity Framework, I could not let the current version of the book fade away, even though so much of it will remain valid through...

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Short Video about my book on Amazon.com

Thursday, August 06 2009        

No, it’s not a video producer now. :-) My publisher, O’Reilly Media , asked me to make a short video about my book. They pointed me to the Amazon page for another book which has a video as a model for me, Getting Started with Arduino . So I spent some time creating a similar video for my book, first...

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Book recommendations by David Chappell include Programming Entity Framework

Thursday, July 02 2009        

I am very honored to be on a short list of books (three, in fact) recommended by David Chappell in his recent blog post “Good Books”. And I am in impressive company – with Dino Esposito & Andrea Saltarello and Jon Flanders. Here’s what David has to say about my book: Programming Entity Framework...

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2nd Printing of Programming Entity Framework is on its way

Thursday, April 09 2009        

It felt like ages for the first pile of books to run out but I've been told by O'Reilly they are running low enough at the warehouse that they are going to print another batch of books in a week or so. Tech book sales are bad all over, so even though I was hoping this would happen much sooner (sure,...

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The Acknowledgements from my book

Tuesday, February 17 2009        

I've really been wanting to share the acknowledgements from my book with a wider audience than just the readers of my book (or for that matter, just the readers who happen to even bother reading the Preface. ;)). So, here they are: Where do I begin? I have had great help and support from many people...

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Amazon is finally listing the book as "in stock"

Tuesday, February 10 2009        

The book is already in print and I have a small box of them that I got last week. But still... there's something about Amazon's status that really denotes if the book is live or just memorex. So I was certainly happy to see this a short while ago: Of course Amazon isn't the only place to buy books. ;...

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Dear Rough Cuts Readers: Safari PDF for Programming Entity Framework is still the Rough Cuts version (as of Feb 2)

Monday, February 02 2009        

Although the digital version of my book, Programming Entity Framework, is now live on Safari , it seems that the full PDF download is still only that of the Rough Cut that has been online since this fall. If you download the PDF, please compare it to the chapters that are displayed online. The Rough...

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Digital Version of Programming Entity Framework is Live!

Tuesday, January 27 2009        

I just went to check for new feedback on the Rough Cuts for my book and saw that the feedback is gone and the final version of the book is available. That means that the Rough Cuts readers now have access to the final version of the book as well. Safari subscribers, too. The physical book won't be back...

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Table of Contents (First Edition)

Saturday, January 24 2009        

Below is the TOC for first edition. If you'd like to see the chapter list for the 2nd Edition, check the blog entry : Chapter List for 2nd Edition Preface Ch 1: Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework Programming Against a Model, Not Against the Database The Entity Data Model: A Client-Side Data Model...

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Getting ready for the printer

Friday, January 16 2009        

I'm working back and forth with the production editor at O'Reilly to put the final touches on my book. She tells me it heads to the printer next Friday. What ever will I do with myself after next week? ;-) Pre-Order through Amazon Pre-Order through O'Reilly's web site...

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