John: No one is trying to violate copyright here (at least I am not). I think people are just trying to obtain good resources. I don't understand why McGraw Hill would announce but then never publish Cory Clark's book. I assume the book was completely written, but then they didn't want to publish it at the end. That seems stupid of them to do. It robs the community of a potentially good resource, and it only encourages piracy. They should have at least published it as a PDF e-book or something. It would have sold as well as any other SDR book. Anyway, I am certainly interested in purchasing the book, if I can find it.
Adi: Are you saying that you can find Cory Clark's book at http://www.downarchive.com/? Perhaps there is a way to contact Cory Clark himself to obtain/purchase a copy in PDF format? I did a google search for him, and all I can find is the following: 1. "Cory L. Clark is a senior software engineer with Motorola and has developed many LabVIEW-based DSP tools. He holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech." 2. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cory-clark/5/794/145 3. http://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-Digital-Signal-Processing-Communications/dp/0071444920/ I ask people to please post any more information they can find. Perhaps we, as a community, could ask Cory Clark (if we can contact him) if he could provide/sell his manuscript in PDF format, unless McGraw Hill retains the rights to it, and would prohibit him from selling it or distributing it on his own. He could self-publish it on Lulu.com for any price he would like (I have bought several good and very-reasonably-priced technical books in PDF format from there before). For example: http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/signal-processing-techniques-for-software-radios-2nd-edition/11905545?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/3 Steve McMahon --- On Sat, 11/27/10, John McKendry <john.mcken...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: John McKendry <john.mcken...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] books about GNU Radio > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 6:11 PM > > I am not a lawyer, but that looks to > me like a very clear violation > of copyright, and I want no part of it. Buy the books if > you're going > to use them. The authors deserve to be paid for their work. > You can > always return the books if they're really not useful. > > John > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Adi Andrei <e.adi.and...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Both books are available through http://www.downarchive.com > > Search for the names, it will take you to links where > you can download them. > > Try before you buy :) > > > > Adi > > > > > > On 27/11/2010 22:13, John McKendry wrote: > >> > >> The Cory Clark book was announced but never > published - Amazon's "out > >> of print" designation is kind of misleading on > that score. I know of > >> two books that specifically address GNU Radio and > the USRP: > >> "Artificial Intelligence in Wireless > Communications" by Tom Rondeau > >> and Charles Bostian, > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Wireless-Communications-Mobile/dp/1607832348/ > >> , > >> and "Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks: > Principles and > >> Practice" by Alex Wyglinski, Maziar Nekovee, and > Thomas Hou, > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Wireless-Communications-Mobile/dp/1607832348/ > >> . > >> > >> I am working on cognitive ad-hoc networks, and I > have found both of > >> them very useful. Whether you will find them > equally useful depends on > >> your technical background and on what you want to > accomplish with GNU > >> Radio, so you should take advantage of Amazon's > "Look Inside" feature. > >> Neither book is intended as a textbook on GNU > Radio and the USRP, > >> although the Wyglinski book is closer to that than > the > >> Rondeau/Bostian. I'm a software engineer with a > ham license, but I > >> have coworkers who can help me fill in the gaps in > my > >> signal-processing knowledge. > >> > >> John > >> > >> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Steve Mcmahon > >> <steve.mcmaho...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm looking for a book on GNU Radio, > >>> and the only thing that I can find is this > book: > >>> > >>> http://www.amazon.com/Software-Defined-Radio-GNU-USRP/dp/0071498834 > >>> > >>> However, it is out of print. Does anyone know > how I might be able to > >>> obtain a paper or PDF copy of the book? Does > anyone have a used copy for > >>> sale? > >>> > >>> > >>> Steve McMahon > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > >>> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > >>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > >> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
