The Rails BetaBook is Ready

We’ve had an incredible response to the idea of releasing the Rails book early in beta form, so we’ve decided to go for it. Here’s the scoop.

You can now buy the book as either a PDF or as a PDF/Paper book combo. We’ll ship your PDF (in beta form) when we get your order. When the final book is available (currently aiming for the first week in August) we’ll automatically ship you the final copy of the PDF. If you ordered the Book+PDF combo pack, we’ll also ship you the paper book at that time. The price you pay now is the same as the price will be when the book is available, so by buying now you basically get early access to the book and then get the final version, all for the same price as you’d otherwise pay for just the final version.

The book is currently pretty much complete. It’s missing an index, and a couple of small sections on things that are still pending in Rails. Visually, it’s a mess. There are bad page breaks, over-long lines, and all sorts of other ugly things. We’ll get all that sorted out over the coming weeks.

Here are the links:

• Purchase the book+PDF combo pack ($43.75 plus shipping)
• Purchase the PDF ($22.50)
• The Beta Book FAQ (free :)

Enjoy!