[R] Hadley's book: paper/PDF/etc. versus github

[Jeff Newmiller]

What a non-question. Github version for free, or PDF and github versions for free. 
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On October 3, 2014 12:55:20 AM PDT, Michael Hannon <jmhannon.ucdavis at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi, folks.  I've got a sort of coupon that would allow me to get a
>copy of "Advanced R" by Hadley Wickham at no cost.  OTOH, I've already
>cloned the github repository, and having the "live" Rmd files (or in
>this case, rmd files) is enormously more useful to me than having any
>form of electronic or paper format.
>
>The only reason I can think of for getting, say, a PDF version of the
>book is that corrected versions of such books are sometimes (always?)
>made available for free if you've already got the PDF version of the
>book.  (I know O'Reilly does this.)
>
>But if the github version is going to continue to exist, be updated,
>and be generally available, that's even better.  IS it going to exist,
>be updated, and be generally available?  Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- Mike
>
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