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I think the best way to recognize a legitimate tech book is... visit a Barnes and Noble. If it's a publisher or series you can find printed on the shelf, books are legit.

Unfortunately online market "platforms" are pretty much widely untrustworthy for any sort of informational purposes.



> If it's a publisher or series you can find printed on the shelf, books are legit.

Not even that is a guarantee, there have been cases of rip-offs making it through a bunch of book-on-demand services.

All "marketplaces" allowing third parties unlimited, unmonitored access to product listings suffer from that issue.


also, just doing your research on any platform other than Amazon helps.




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