This book is full of holes and outdated. Should not be sold post-bubble.

He says e-Marketplaces are best when they are for commodity products (stocks and shares) so "hands up!" those suppliers that want to sell commodity products the same way, forever, as their competitors. Those that raised their hands, go buy this book before you run out of cash. Everyone else, that's the 99% of you, get real.

He says, "B2B exchanges have failed because they simply ran out of cash before they could...integrate with internal systems." They failed cause they did not respect normal competitive behavior. No amount of cash can help that.

He says, "the core service an exchange provides is a centralized marketplace" and yet to make his forecasts show growth, he includes all manner of B2B that has nothing to do with any centralized processes; he includes internet-based transactions flowing directly between partners; he includes private exchanges; though he so nicely excludes EDI - boo hoo.

There are several white papers out on the web that talk about this issue for real e-Marketplaces, and Gartner got it right though the selective Gartner notes included in his book are picked to justify his wrong position. This book is wrong.

This book explains exactly what went wrong last time, and how to avoid it in the future. A hugely successful exchange can be developed if based on the infomation in this book. It is excellent.

This is not so much a "how to" book, but rather a sophisticated analysis of B2B exchanges written by one of the world's experts on exchanges. The perspective, therefore, is not that of a techno-implementer (though Woods certainly has experience in this regard), but rather that of someone interested in creating successful B2B exchanges which become actual market makers and creators of increased market efficiencies.

Much has happenned in the last couple years, and much ground has been covered since Woods' first volume. Three years ago the world was one of hype, with many exciting experiences, but little proof of viability. Now everything has changed. Woods examines the many failures as well as the significant successes and draws many lessons which anyone interested in markets can benefit from.

I found several discussions particularly informative: building liquidity, significance of neutrality, and hybrid models, in particular. Woods' discussion of moving exchanges offshore is also very interesting, with a spin not often addressed in the B2B literature. Last, his seven secrets of success revisited is an essential action plan for most technology-centric businesses.

A must read for anyone serious about online exchanges and markets..

This book may not be as unique as others in the "Recall" series but is still worth getting. If you have Surgical or Medicine Recall", many facts in this book are repetitions. But there is no point buying a huge comprehensive text if you're not going to read it. With this concise book that highlights what is most important, I have learnt more than many of my larger texts. It is very enjoyable to read and there is no need to scribble your own summaries.

This is a high-functioning legal thriller, several cuts above the Grisham level. I picked it up because I liked the movie version directed by William Friedkin.The story has to do with a prosecuting attorney's attempt to convict and execute a spree killer, who may or may not be feigning mental illness. Wood is very good at evoking the separate cultural world of prosecutors,and he conveys some interesting perspectives on the death penalty and the role of psychiatrists in the courtroom. Wood is obviously very pro-death and very anti-shrink. The crime and killing aspects of the book are not for the squeamish. If you are partial to crime novels of a bleak and realistic stripe, I'd recommend it.

Its a very good book but I don't think it targets beginners as much as it claims to. There is a tutorial that runs through the book but it doesn't give concise instructions of the steps one should follow. If these were clearly indicated I would give the book 5/5. I feel that one should know a little about Powerbuilder before attempting to approach this book. However it is so detailed that it takes a while to complete, this can be percieved as a good or a bad thing.

For someone who just wants to learn the PowerBuilder painters, the other books are fine. The strength of this book is that it teaches you to build in PowerBuilder the RIGHT way...by building in an object-oriented way. Most new PowerBuilder developers know just enough to shoot themselves in the foot. This book takes more effort, but its examples are much closer to real development than the other intro books I have reviewed.

This is the first powerbuilder book, I read that seems to be not only a compendium but delivers as well many pratical nice choosen examples. On the first look, you got the impression that this is only an adapted book to the next version, but if you really take a look you will remark many details which are carefully done. I recommend that book to all newcomers to powerbuilder as well as a to experienced developers. The index is very well done.

Although the QUANTITY is high, I thought the QUALITY of the reproductions was low. This might be a better resource for art historians than artists.

This is a very old book, written in 1900. It's table of contents list circular staircases as one of the items discussed in the book. However, it gives you virtually no info on constructing such a staircase.

If you are a beginner wanting to learn how to design Web pages, be wary. About half the pages have at least one typo in them. Seriously though, use caution when attempting to read this book, it may cause major confusion or other unwanted side effects. I'd recommend coupling it with HTML 4 by Elizabeth Castro.

This book has many links to some very good html sites. It also has six interresting programs, but they all have so many mistakes, some tags don't work on any of the major browsers, that you wonder if you should really trust this book, well I did not trust it, after a while I bought a book by Elizabeth Castro, HTML four(4) for the world wide web, it's a diammond in the rough, this is the one and only book on html that a student should buy. I am a student at Orange Coast College, California. Attn: Teachers and students do not buy this book until it has been totally revised.

This book is easy to read but unbelieveble it has many mistakes that confuse students and some of the examples are not clear to understand. I'm a student at Orange Coast College which is one of the best college in Orange County and I wonder how this book was chosen for this level. I don't recommend any body to buy or read this book to learn HTML because I'm a foreign student and even I could find the errores in this book.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! This book is unquestionably the WORST book I've ever had the misfortune of owning. The drawings of duck and goose heads are simply gross, looking like they were done by a child and useful only to children with crayons.
And yes -- I COULD do better! Much better. Rather than "...in intricate detail..." as the Editorial Review says, the head drawings lack detail and are inconsistent from one size to the next. One wonders why the author didn't just reduce his full-size drawings on a copy machine.
The Review also promises "...exact specifications regarding head thickness...", but the book simply lists a "head thickness" for each species without stating how this measurement was taken. Was it from cheek to cheek, bill to back of head, eye to eye -- who knows what "head thickness" means here?
All this adds up to a book masquerading as a valuable waterfowl reference that is, in reality, virtually useless for anyone over the age of five.