R for bioinformatics

Marc Schwartz wrote:

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 21:32 +0100, Peter Dalgaard wrote:

Marc Schwartz wrote:

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 10:45 -0800, Seth Falcon wrote:
  

Benoit Ballester <benoit at ebi.ac.uk> writes:

    

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could tell me more about 

this book, (if it's 

a good or bad one).
I can't find it, as it seems that O'Reilly doesn't 

publish any more.

I've never seen a copy so I can't comment about its quality (has
anyone seen a copy?).

You might want to take a look at _Bioinformatics and 

Computational

Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor_.

http://www.bioconductor.org/pub/docs/mogr/
    

I'll stand (or sit) to be corrected on this as I cannot 

find the source,

but I have a recollection from seeing something quite 

some time ago that

the book may have never been published.
  

It's been a while since the status was something along the 

lines that 

"the authors may or may not complete it". Subject matter 

moving faster 

than pen, I suspect....

Peter, that wording does seem familiar, just cannot recall 

where I saw

it. Perhaps on the O'Reilly web site, where it is no longer listed.

For confirmation, I called O'Reilly's customer service in 

Cambridge, MA.

They confirm that the book was indeed cancelled and never published.

No reasons were given.

Thanks for those replies.
I did also contacted the O'reilly offices in UK, and they told me the 
same thing.  The book was never published. I just wanted to 
compare the 
"R for bioinformatics" with the "Bioinformatics and Computational 
Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor", and see which 
one suit me 
more - But guess I don't have the choice now :-)

Ben

-- 
Benoit Ballester
Ensembl Team