The IT Skeptic - Comments for "Someone should tell the OGC and TSO bookshops about the ITIL Refresh"

TSO At Last

Jill — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:25:22 +0000

Here we are via TSO at last:
http://www.itil.org.uk/all.htm

I absolutely hate their shopping cart though.

Van Haren now seem to be taking pre-orders too

skeptic — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:23:09 +0000

I know Ian's comment is a plug, but I'm leaving it up because
(a) I did ask the question and
(b) there is an interesting stoush going on here with ITSMI "going early"

Note that Van Haren now seem to be taking pre-orders too.

As an aside, Amazon aren't, but they seem to have a low expectation of it's reception as they already offer ea market in second-hand copies LMAO

Come June 1, I'm sure the resllers will have more orders than they can fill immediately. I am not sure which reseller is on best terms with TSO to get the best share of the first print run - you need to make your own decisions on that.

Pre-Order V3 Here

Ian Clayton — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:48:40 +0000

Well as the US's largest reseller we decided to take up TSO at their word when they announce availability effective May 30 2007 and posted all publications in all available forms that same day. The response has been fantastic from TSO - they have truly helped us shape how folks can guarantee a copy. Something we here in the US are very concrened about as we suspect supplies to be grabbed by UK and the Commonwealth folks first! Currently we are taking orders from some very unexpected places and have even had to tread deftly through requets from Nigeria that promise a 'purchase order' in the post!

So - order away and we shall do our very best to keep every honest with the date and shipment speed.
V3 will be in various forms - books, PDFs locked to a personal PC and a promised annual subscription to their website. I agree with teh Skeptic's comment though as TSO authorized us to sell the latter - OGC tried to question our reseller agreement because we went early!

So when does 'available' actually mean 'available' - ironic given we are all parts of the same service management universe.

http://www.itsmi.biz/products/index.cfm

Looks like it here

Matt Finnigan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:25:26 +0000

http://www.itsmi.com/products/department22.cfm

You can pre-order the ITIL

PSM — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:29:38 +0000

You can pre-order the ITIL books in the UK from the itSMF - might be worth checking the home page for your local chapter.

Not convinced they will be published on time, but that's another story!

Claire