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Can someone who has actually bought this tell us whether this is as good as the print versions? Things like all the diagrams and photos being present, having g
by alister 10y ago
Can someone who has actually bought this tell us whether this is as good as the print versions? Things like all the diagrams and photos being present, having good resolution, etc.
I've heard so many horror stories about how great technical books get mangled when they're made into ebook versions (frankly I'd be quite happy with a proper PDF version).
- johnhattan 10y agoI bought one of the previous Make Magazine bundles, and the PDF's were very high quality. Definitely recommended over the ebook versions, as there's a lot of formatting.
- pawadu 10y agoI buy all their bundles. The PDF quality is usually good but that could also mean that the files are too big to be read on a tablet or a phone. The mobi & epub versions are sometimes just a dump of the PDF file. Speaking of quality, their Android bundles are unfortunately pure garbage. They used to be great but now they are just garbage. If someone from the humblebundle team is reading this: what the hell is going on there?
- interurban 10y agoI bought the last couple of Make bundles and they come with a couple of ebook formats plus PDFs, with HQ PDFs for some titles. I definitely recommend the PDFs, but it's nice to have options.
- grandalf 10y agoin some cases, my kindle is far more readable with a properly produce mobi file -- full margins, etc.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoAs far as I know, all of the Humble Bundles offer PDF, MOBI, and EPUB format. (DRM-free, of course.) The PDFs are all fully-formatted pages, the way the publisher intended. One of the reasons I buy these. PDFs rock.
- douche 10y agoAre there any services that are easy to use and cheap that will print and bind a pdf for you? I'd love to get spiral-bound programming books or textbooks that actually stay open on a desk without having to pin them or destroy the spines. Although that's probably breaking copyright laws...
- atrus 10y agolulu is pretty cheap, although the wirebound options are pretty limited.
- kbenson 10y agoI'm pretty sure copies for personal use are allowed explicitly by Fair Use laws. As long as you aren't giving it away or selling it, I think it's acceptable.
- gumby 10y ago...if you're in the US. Unfortunately most countries do not have the idea of fair use.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI've had Fedex Office do this for me before.
- michaelt 10y agocheap that will print and bind a pdf for you Google for thesis / dissertation printing. There's an entire industry dedicated to printing and binding one or two copies of PDFs :)
- alatkins 10y agoI've bought them, can confirm the PDFs are print quality. Haven't checked the .epubs or .mobis yet but based on their file sizes they contain high-res images.
- NicoJuicy 10y agoDoes anyone know what the best book is to start with? I'm kinda new to electronics, but know some ( to little to mention it actually) basics...
- Arcanum-XIII 10y ago"Make electronics" would be a very good start so. Your basics will be refreshed, and then you'll be confident in the next steps. The more specific (by theme) Make book won't explain those basics most of the time, they're more like paint by the number, which can be good. Still, being able to understand the underlying will allow you to change and evolve them.