"Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:jcntj1decc8jgu4jofai4r9193jmvghh0p@4ax.com

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> Unless there is something I have missed I can't see how
> this could possibly have been posted with the intention
> of it being an advert. This is the O'Reilly web site.
> How could the poster hope to gain from a sale from that
> site? As far as inclusion of the URL is concerned, well,
> this is useful in this case.

The words "to order your copy..." were included. That was the part that
made it an advert. If that had been omitted I wouldn't have said anything.

Ivor