The guys who brought you “The Pragmatic Programmer,” Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, are publishing a series called the Pragmatic Starter Kit, under the imprint of The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Right now, the books can only be ordered from their web site. They claim to be avoiding distributors in order to maintain control of sales. I’m afraid that can really cut into the market they’re likely to reach, so I’ll help out a little with a plug here. Right now, I’m interested in “Pragmatic Source Control with CVS,” to replace a challenging SourceSafe-and-SourceOffSite configuration. Wish they had a discount for those of us who want to order the book AND the PDF. Check them out at http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/index.html