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Book release announcement #109

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[out](https://media.pragprog.com/titles/rspec3/writing.pdf)
[multiple](https://media.pragprog.com/titles/rspec3/testing.pdf)
[extracts](https://media.pragprog.com/titles/rspec3/origins.pdf)
from the book to get an idea of what it's like.
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@undees I'm sure there's more we could say here but I'm not sure what. Also, I'm tired and need to go to bed :).

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Hmm, one idea is some of the praise quotes...or do we want to tone down the self-promotion here?

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Yah, I like the idea of picking our favorite praise quote, and maybe introducing it with something like, "We're excited about the book because we finally finished it after pouring our souls into it. But we're not the only ones who are excited. Fakey McFakerson, CEO of Fakerson Industries, Ltd., said that it was, '....'"

[amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Testing-RSpec-Build-Confidence/dp/1680501984/).

We put a ton of work over the last three years into this book, distilling our
combined 20 years of testing experience into a book that explains how to do
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We use "book" twice here; any chance we could rephrase; maybe something like:

We put a ton of work over the last three years into this project, distilling our combined 20 years of testing experience into a book that explains how to do

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👍

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Ok, @undees, care to re-review? I made a few edits, added a photo, etc.

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JonRowe commented Sep 11, 2017

Looks good to me!

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LGTM! :shipit:

@myronmarston myronmarston changed the title [WIP] Book release announcement Book release announcement Sep 11, 2017
@myronmarston myronmarston merged commit 394f627 into source Sep 11, 2017
@myronmarston myronmarston deleted the myron/book-release branch September 11, 2017 16:35
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