<p>I am skeptical of the book based on the beginning of the review on Amazon:</p>

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  <p>In the half hour it took me to read Caughey's e-book</p>
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<p>I've been reading and studying Bitcoin for months and I think I still have a lot to learn. It's hard for me to imagine that much could come from reading a book for 30 minutes.</p>

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It's like 65 pages in print on letter size paper.  There are a number of screen shots.  This is why I'm only selling it for $3.99.  The idea is that will save you time.  take about an hour to read and get set up (minus downloading the initial block chain) and your good to go.  I also give credit and links to many other resources about bitcoin.  There is a lot of good information out there.
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<p>Courtesy of <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133136" rel="nofollow">bitcointalk.org fame</a>.</p>

<p>Sure, the Internet is full of free info but some time it might worth to pay for information, doesn't it? The funny thing is that he only sells it as a DRMed Kindle book, not a DRM-free EPUB at least. Though, I developed some practices so far (not sure if good, but I feel comfortable with them) and I have no idea if the author's worldview is compatible with mine.</p>

<p>One thing for sure: I see so many examples around people complicate bitcoin more necessarily than what it is, got hacked, etc.</p>

<p><a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00A1CUQQU" rel="nofollow">Link to the book</a>.</p>

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2013-01-12T17:03:01.673Z
A paper book might be worth reading in a few years time: currently the situation is evolving so quickly, it will almost certainly contain too many obsolete informations.
o0'.
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2013-01-12T21:14:36.117Z
It is a Kindle only book.
superuser
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Still a traditional book it is, I strongly doubt it will get constantly updated as a good wiki page would...
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Bitcoin Step by Step [Kindle Edition] by Michael Caughey - worth buying?
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# Bitcoin Step by Step [Kindle Edition] by Michael Caughey - worth buying?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-12)

Courtesy of [bitcointalk.org fame](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133136).

Sure, the Internet is full of free info but some time it might worth to pay for information, doesn't it? The funny thing is that he only sells it as a DRMed Kindle book, not a DRM-free EPUB at least. Though, I developed some practices so far (not sure if good, but I feel comfortable with them) and I have no idea if the author's worldview is compatible with mine.

One thing for sure: I see so many examples around people complicate bitcoin more necessarily than what it is, got hacked, etc.

[Link to the book](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00A1CUQQU).

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: A paper book might be worth reading in a few years time: currently the situation is evolving so quickly, it will almost certainly contain too many obsolete informations.  
> **username_0**: It is a Kindle only book.  
> **username_1**: Still a traditional book it is, I strongly doubt it will get constantly updated as a good wiki page would...  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-01-13. Score: 1

I am skeptical of the book based on the beginning of the review on Amazon:

> In the half hour it took me to read Caughey's e-book

I've been reading and studying Bitcoin for months and I think I still have a lot to learn. It's hard for me to imagine that much could come from reading a book for 30 minutes.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: It's like 65 pages in print on letter size paper.  There are a number of screen shots.  This is why I'm only selling it for $3.99.  The idea is that will save you time.  take about an hour to read and get set up (minus downloading the initial block chain) and your good to go.  I also give credit and links to many other resources about bitcoin.  There is a lot of good information out there.  

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