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Errata page removed (now redirects to Manning book page) #13

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eboCode opened this issue Feb 26, 2019 · 3 comments
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Errata page removed (now redirects to Manning book page) #13

eboCode opened this issue Feb 26, 2019 · 3 comments

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eboCode commented Feb 26, 2019

The Manning book page doesn't have any visible links to an Errata page; however, that's where the two errata list links I found mentioned in the book forum redirect to.

(quote):
"The current errata list can always be found at http://www.manning.com/logan/excerpt_errata.html (or go to http://www.manning.com/logan/ and follow the link named "Errata", under Resources/Look inside)."

...from the current Book forum thread here:

https://forums.manning.com/forums/erlang-and-otp-in-action

thread:
"errata update 12/06/2010"
https://forums.manning.com/posts/list/24035.page

Manning book page
https://www.manning.com/books/erlang-and-otp-in-action

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eboCode commented Mar 6, 2019

So you don't need to scan around the book page mentioned above looking for where it might be missing, I've attached here a screenshot showing the location in the page's left-hand sidebar (inside an overlaid red oval) of the errata link on a current Manning book page for a similar programming title:

errata-link-for-another-manning-book-24q_01

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@eboCode we don't have any control at all over the changes that manning makes to the books page on their website. I will see if I can find someone to ping over there.

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eboCode commented May 20, 2019

@ericbmerritt Thanks, I realize you probably don't have direct access. I could be wrong, but I think the URL listed above did point to a real, existing page at one point. I was reading several other Manning books at the same time, so it's a little difficult to remember how long ago I saw it.

One guess I'd have is that when Manning moved their older 'Book Forums' to a new LiveBooks format that that may've killed the link. If you have access to someone there either in marketing or involved with running the LiveBooks-related CMS or the like, that could be a place to start.

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