Re: Good Oracle DBA book

Thanks!

The same thing happened with my Oracle8 Black Book from Coriolis, everyone who bought it seemed to like it, but Coriolis didn't push it so it didn't sell. Of course Coriolis is gone now (at least as Coriolis it may be back as Paraglyph Press soon). However, I (and all the other Coriolis authors) have gotten back the rights to their books. I got back the Black Book and the Examcram stuff for Oracle and will be republishing them as virtual books at www.robonerd.com under the ROBO Books International imprint. Should have initial content there by July 1...along with Mark Gokman's PL/SQL Blackbook (one of the only books on Amazon selling for more used than new), Bonnie O'Neals Data Warehousing Unleashed, and several other titles that got burned in the Coriolis failure, under new imprints.

If anyone wants to list with us, let me know. We will also be providing free content such as whitepapers, scripts, QDTs (Quick and Dirty Tips).

I will also be developing my Oracle Undocumented book and the chapters will be available as they are completed.

Mike  

Thomas Gaines <Thomas.Gaines_at_noaa.gov> wrote in message news:<3D092938.6267BE27_at_noaa.gov>...
> Mike -
>
> I recommend your fine book to anyone who asks and lots of people
> who don't. I regularly use it and the scripts contained therein to do
> my daily work, and I wish that I had more time to explore in depth
> some of the more obscure (well, at least to me) topics that you
> discuss.
>
> You'll be happy to know that I find your book whenever I peruse the
> shelves of my local mass-market booksellers (B&N, Borders, etc.), and
> so it seems as though your agent is doing a fair job of getting
> it out there for the public to see.
>
> I just love your writing, Mike. Keep up the good work! Please?
>
> Thanks,
> TG
>
> Mike Ault wrote:
>
> > I know I am asking for it, but I need to know, why isn't anyone using
> > my book: "Oracle8i Administration and Management" from John Wiley and
> > Sons?
> >
> > The new release will be out June 21, 2002 for 9i.
> >
> > I include tons of monitoring scripts, many techniques for tuning and
> > monitoring. Is it just not available or are the other books that much
> > better? Is it content or just lack of marketing from Wiley?
> >
> > If it is content I can do something about that. If it is marketing I
> > am screwed...
> >
> > Mike Ault
> > "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<gMUN8.11154$Hj3.35728_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >
> > > I would strongly recommend the Harry Potter series of books. A bit of magic
> > > and wizardry goes a long way in this business :)
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Richard
> > > "Robert Banniza" <rpbanniz_at_ascensionhealth.org> wrote in message
> > > news:3D074D4D.4020201_at_ascensionhealth.org...
> > > > There are a blue million Oracle books on the market. Can someone
> > > > recommend a good Oracle book aimed at DBA functions and optimization.
> > > > I'm using Oracle 8.1.7. I have the O'Reilly Oracle DBA book as well as
> > > > the Performance Tuning book. I have seen mentions of "Practical Oracle
> > > > 8i: Building Efficient Databases" by Jonathan Lewis. Any help
> > > > appreciated. Please respond to me via email as well as a CC to the group.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Robert
> > > >
Received on Fri Jun 14 2002 - 08:23:17 CDT