http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/Channel8/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/Idea to extend DreamSparkhttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/en-usMon, 19 May 2008 16:29:30 GMTMon, 19 May 2008 16:29:30 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3163.4106, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<p>Also consider that people wrote them and invested quite some time... therefore: respect to them and buying a book once in a while isn't that bad, is it?</p>http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6140Mon, 19 May 2008 16:29:30 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61400http://channel8.msdn.com/6140/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Also consider that people wrote them and invested quite some time... therefore: respect to them and buying a book once in a while isn't that bad, is it?littleguru0http://channel8.msdn.com/6140/Trackback.aspxI think Phil has a good work around. I hate buying books myself but sometimes you need to.http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6139Mon, 19 May 2008 13:06:40 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61390http://channel8.msdn.com/6139/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I think Phil has a good work around. I hate buying books myself but sometimes you need to.Griffin0http://channel8.msdn.com/6139/Trackback.aspx<p>This might cost more than the existing implementation of Dreamspark but it would help out alot if it got added to&nbsp;the programme.</p>http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6134Mon, 19 May 2008 09:07:06 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61340http://channel8.msdn.com/6134/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0This might cost more than the existing implementation of Dreamspark but it would help out alot if it got added to&nbsp;the programme.gogole0http://channel8.msdn.com/6134/Trackback.aspxWow! Sounds awesome. I didn't know about that offer... Is it available outside the US?http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6125Sun, 18 May 2008 20:39:28 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61250http://channel8.msdn.com/6125/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Wow! Sounds awesome. I didn't know about that offer... Is it available outside the US?littleguru0http://channel8.msdn.com/6125/Trackback.aspxWhy don't you take out a subscription to Safari Books Online (http://safari.oreilly.com)?<div><br /></div><div>For Unlimited Access (read any book you like online, plus download 5 PDF chapters every month) it costs $43 per month; that's far less than you're spending now on a just a few "hard" copies.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the moment there are over 5500 books to choose from (plus training videos). If you're solely looking at books from Microsoft Press there are over 300. Here are some of the latest Microsoft Press books available:</div><div><br /></div><div>- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out</div><div>- IIS 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant</div><div>- Inside MS Exchange Server 2007 Web Services</div><div>- MS Expression Web Step by Step</div><div>- Windows Vista: Home Networking</div><div>- Beyond Bullet Points</div><div>- Windows Vista: Home Entertainment</div><div>- Inside MS SQL Server 2005</div><div>- MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-623)</div><div>- MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441)</div><div>- Practical Project Initiation</div><div>- 3D Programming for Windows</div><div>- Progamming MS Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory</div><div>- MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-622)</div><div>- MS Office Publisher 2007 Step by Step</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been a subscriber for a couple of years, and it's saved me $100s in buying books.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope that helps,</div><div><br /></div><div>Phil</div>http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6123Sun, 18 May 2008 20:31:43 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61230http://channel8.msdn.com/6123/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Why don't you take out a subscription to Safari Books Online (http://safari.oreilly.com)?For Unlimited Access (read any book you like online, plus download 5 PDF chapters every month) it costs $43 per month; that's far less than you're spending now on a just a few "hard" copies.At the moment there&#8230;philp0http://channel8.msdn.com/6123/Trackback.aspx<p>This is going to be very hard. MS Press books are most often written by individuals and not Microsoft itself. That means if Microsoft gives you the rights to read the book the company itself needs to buy the book for yourself from the dude who wrote it. It's different with software where Microsoft made the software (or its employees but they work for Microsoft)... <br /><br />I hope you guys can see the clear difference here and why this is a hard problem!<br /><br />Even we Microsoft Student Partners have to pay the full price for the books although we get the software for free... </p>http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6116Sun, 18 May 2008 16:57:17 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61160http://channel8.msdn.com/6116/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0This is going to be very hard. MS Press books are most often written by individuals and not Microsoft itself. That means if Microsoft gives you the rights to read the book the company itself needs to buy the book for yourself from the dude who wrote it. It's different with software where Microsoft&#8230;littleguru0http://channel8.msdn.com/6116/Trackback.aspxOne of the first things I realized when DreamSpark came out is that it's a great profit generator for MS Press. While this would be really nice, I doubt they'd give up the contents of all those books for free too.<br />I, myself, went out and got a Visual C# 2008 book from MS Press (only .NET 3.5 book for C# out at the time) and I've been slowly working my way through it between classes and such.<br />http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6113Sun, 18 May 2008 15:49:06 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61130http://channel8.msdn.com/6113/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0One of the first things I realized when DreamSpark came out is that it's a great profit generator for MS Press. While this would be really nice, I doubt they'd give up the contents of all those books for free too.I, myself, went out and got a Visual C# 2008 book from MS Press (only .NET 3.5 book for&#8230;Falcons120http://channel8.msdn.com/6113/Trackback.aspx<p>I like it. Motion seconded.</p>http://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=6106Sun, 18 May 2008 03:17:16 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Forums/DreamSparkDiscussion/6105-Idea-to-extend-DreamSpark/?CommentID=61060http://channel8.msdn.com/6106/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I like it. Motion seconded.Cupiditas0http://channel8.msdn.com/6106/Trackback.aspx