[R] R for bioinformatics

[Benoit Ballester]

Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 21:32 +0100, Peter Dalgaard wrote:
>> Marc Schwartz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 10:45 -0800, Seth Falcon wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Benoit Ballester <benoit at ebi.ac.uk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering if someone could tell me more about this book, (if it's 
>>>>> a good or bad one).
>>>>> I can't find it, as it seems that O'Reilly doesn't publish any more.
>>>>>       
>>>> I've never seen a copy so I can't comment about its quality (has
>>>> anyone seen a copy?).
>>>>
>>>> You might want to take a look at _Bioinformatics and Computational
>>>> Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor_.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bioconductor.org/pub/docs/mogr/
>>>>     
>>> I'll stand (or sit) to be corrected on this as I cannot find the source,
>>> but I have a recollection from seeing something quite some time ago that
>>> the book may have never been published.
>>>   
>> It's been a while since the status was something along the lines that 
>> "the authors may or may not complete it". Subject matter moving faster 
>> than pen, I suspect....
> 
> Peter, that wording does seem familiar, just cannot recall where I saw
> it. Perhaps on the O'Reilly web site, where it is no longer listed.
> 
> For confirmation, I called O'Reilly's customer service in Cambridge, MA.
> They confirm that the book was indeed cancelled and never published.
> 
> No reasons were given.

Thanks for those replies.
I did also contacted the O'reilly offices in UK, and they told me the 
same thing.  The book was never published. I just wanted to compare the 
"R for bioinformatics" with the "Bioinformatics and Computational 
Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor", and see which one suit me 
more - But guess I don't have the choice now :-)

Ben

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Benoit Ballester
Ensembl Team