Excellent book and content  but should have been a hard cover book. Feels cheap.
347846
I give the content 5 starts. This is a great book for Koudelka fans. The 4 star rating is for the quality of the binding. This REALLY should have been a hard cover book  especially for the $50 retail price tag. The cover especially feels a little cheap and the corners bent very easily.
2879894
The content of the book is excellent - a big thanks to the authors!
However, for the price of this book ($91 new!) I expected much better paper quality. Thumbs down for the publisher PEARSON. I almost returned the book when I saw/felt the paper quality - but then I started reading.  And as I said, the content is VERY GOOD!
1384087
First off, the contents are great.  Marmaduke books are kind of hard to get your hands on at a lower price - and this was $5 so I can't complain much at all really.

Taking one star off because I have some reservations about calling the quality of the book "good" when it's got a fair amount of visual damage, age coloring and use.  It's certainly not destroyed or anything but per amazon's guidelines (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161242) I'd think a more honest quality rating would be "Used - Acceptable".

A 4-star rating is "I like it" - and that's exactly how I feel about getting this book for $5 with free shipping (Prime account).

-D
352649
Material good but the paperback version's pictures were of poor quality. Perhaps the more expensive hardbound version is better. If so, would have chosen that. Otherwise,  great accumulation of information.

Steve W
2745314
The content of the book is fantastic but the only problem with it is that as you use it the pages start to fall apart which is very frustrating considerating the fact of how much it costs and that it's a book you would frequantly use.
441629
The content of the book is fantastic.  It's laid out well and fun to look through.  However, we purchased it 'new' but the binding was pulled away from the spine of the book and torn a bit and the corners of the book were rough and one corner was completely pulled out and opened.  Disappointing for a book that was $45 and could have been a coffee table book.  It looked used.
2821209
The best book on Linux forensics I've seen.  The content is easily worth the $50 price tag, however, the physical book is not.  This is printed on low quality paper with some pages (and quite a few of the figures) very washed out.  I understand this is the first book from Pentester Academy, but they really need to find a new print shop to handle their work.
2225084
I found this in a special price, used book which cost only 0.1, while the transportation cost was 4 dollars.
I was very regret to order such low price book because I liked the content of the book, but the book cover was nearly teared off. A lot of scratches inside the book. I would buy another copy.
722588
Love the book content. Was a little disappointed with the packaging.
The front cover had a slight vertical wear mark on it.
4293117
I love the content of this book.  The pictures are wonderful and it's full of useful information about getting started with chickens in your garden.  The only reason it has 4 stars instead of 5 is that the day after it was delivered the binding fell apart.  The cover is completely off the pages now and I have to re-bind it to keep it usable.
216873
The information in this book is incredible and I loved his passion for the subject.  Beautiful photos...  Just wish the book was hard cover as did not survive shipping well.  All the corners were bent and was supposed to be a gift.  No time to re-order.
2632145
Good book and good ideas. But the actual content is half of the book size. That was a bit of let down for this price.
562133
An excellent book but is too pricy. Could be sold cheaper.
2789359
My wife and I are thrilled with this book. The content is excellent with daily readings and texts of Scripture. There are also 4 creative activities. The content is geared for families and full of creative ideas on how to help apply the concepts for children. The content is also deep enough to stimulate adults... the perfect mixture for a family devotional.

My complaint is that this book is that its publisher, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform did a poor job printing and publishing the book. Our copy has a huge crease down the loose spine and when you lay the book flat, the cover sits open about and inch or so. Definitely not a book that will last more than a couple of years. The typeset looks like it was published in Microsoft Word with awkward double-spacing and huge margins. The printing is what I'd expect of a startup's first printing effort.

5 Stars for Content but 2 for Printing
477110
The contents of this book are great but why the hell is it only available for Kindle for Mac or PC and NOT cloud kindle, regular kindle? I mean, for the price, it should be much more widely available. I'm really unhappy with this situation and I hope the author and publisher agree to open this up for the other devices.

**Update** I've read through a good portion of the book now and done the exercises. It's a fantastic book. I'm limited in how I can view it so I don't plan on giving it more stars until that is addressed. The book starts off with the three axioms of probability and some great examples. From there the book references back to those axioms to show how further concepts in probability are built from them. Sticking with the game of Texas Hold'em is a great tactic because the reader becomes intimately familiar with the game and isn't trying to switch gears into other domains for every example. I have found this to be extremely useful in building up the knowledge meant to be imparted by the book.

I would say this book is worth 4 to 4.5 stars on content alone. The restricted format, though, has made it shockingly limited in what apps and devices can display it. For the price, the content is perfect. I just wish I didn't have to revive an old 15" laptop with an old version of Windows just to read it given I have Linux, Windows 8 and a 3rd generation Kindle...
2779326
I think the title says it best; if you read other user reviews you will see that this book is easily one of the best books in the field. Clearly and succinctly written. I am really happy with the content.

However... the quality of the book itself is just another notch in the long history of publishers taking highest advantage of collegiate level texts and the students that purchase them.

I am used to the $100-$180 text. I like new books, and keep them in good condition, so I generally suck it up and pay the hefty price. Yes... I feed the publishing beast. But I typically get solid, high quality books and keep them that way for many years.

This was the first time that I was severely disappointed with what I ended up with. $140... and a shoddily-bound softcover book arrived on my doorstep. The binding glue is one of the cheaper ones I have run into. A little too much pressure on the binding and it cracks open, loosely scattering the few pages who final, tenuous grasp on the binding glue was just not strong enough. By itself, no section of the book will rest open for easy at-a-glance reference.

Just a few sentences, but this sums up my conundrum. Kudos and kudos again to Dr. Gonzalez for taking the time to put together such an excellent text. Shame on  the publishers for doing what they do best: provide exclusive content from a single source for a premium, and continuously lessening the quality of the product by packaging it so terribly. I'd advise finding the book through another source but... this is the nature of publishing.
2559019
This book is amazing and the information in it is clear, concise, and helpful.  I wish I taught at a school like this.
I take one star off for the videos, however.  Though they, too, are interesting and informative, the quality is horrible.  They are so pixelated you feel drunk watching them.  I've taken to mostly just listening to them because the picture is so hard on the eyes.  For such a high quality book, you would expect better.