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I just posted this on another thread: I just got this via email and I'm very disappointed too. DRM issues aside, Kindle is still terrible for tech books. Code

by dcw303 9y ago

I just posted this on another thread: I just got this via email and I'm very disappointed too. DRM issues aside, Kindle is still terrible for tech books. Code samples, data tables, etc. They all look crummy. The pdf ebooks from the Oreilly store had far superior formatting.

kin 9y ago
Google Play store offers O'Reilly books DRM free in both PDF and ePub format.
- michaelmrose 9y ago
  Its amazing that a company whose main product is search has such a worthless search for their store. Its absolutely worthless unless you already know exactly what you want. You have to use their general search product to find enough info to bring up the exact title you want to buy. For example you can't on the play store find all the oreilly books that aren't drm encumbered or find all the books on a certain topic in a certain range of years directly via its interface.
  - padthai 9y ago
    Not only the store, Youtube and Scholar do not provide a good search experience either. I wonder why. In fact I remember that when Youtube got adquired by Google search got worse.
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  How? I just bought "You don't know JS: Up and Going" (only $5, so not bad as a test) and I was prompted to download Google Books. I have stopped buying Kindle books due to no longer being able to back up the files (KFX switched to a new encryption type). I rarely buy technical books, but O'Reilly was my go-to due to actually being able to have the real files offline. Edit: Okay, Google don't make it easy and there's no way to do it from Android. Go to https://books.google.com.au/books https://books.google.com.au/books and click on a book in your library. If the publisher has allowed it, there'll be a cog in the upper right corner that will have "Download PDF" and "Download EPUB" available.
- SomeHacker44 9y ago
  Does it have the same pricing as O'Reilly's online store did? Heavy discounts (60%+) for multiple book purchases over $100? Early access books? What about .mobi? (I still have some actual eInk Kindles including the original DX!)
- EwanToo 9y ago
  O'Reilly themselves say Google play only offers epub, I think they've killed PDF there too

by dcw303 9y ago

kin 9y ago

Google Play store offers O'Reilly books DRM free in both PDF and ePub format.

michaelmrose 9y ago
Its amazing that a company whose main product is search has such a worthless search for their store. Its absolutely worthless unless you already know exactly what you want. You have to use their general search product to find enough info to bring up the exact title you want to buy. For example you can't on the play store find all the oreilly books that aren't drm encumbered or find all the books on a certain topic in a certain range of years directly via its interface.
- padthai 9y ago
  Not only the store, Youtube and Scholar do not provide a good search experience either. I wonder why. In fact I remember that when Youtube got adquired by Google search got worse.
voltagex_ 9y ago
How? I just bought "You don't know JS: Up and Going" (only $5, so not bad as a test) and I was prompted to download Google Books. I have stopped buying Kindle books due to no longer being able to back up the files (KFX switched to a new encryption type). I rarely buy technical books, but O'Reilly was my go-to due to actually being able to have the real files offline. Edit: Okay, Google don't make it easy and there's no way to do it from Android. Go to https://books.google.com.au/books https://books.google.com.au/books and click on a book in your library. If the publisher has allowed it, there'll be a cog in the upper right corner that will have "Download PDF" and "Download EPUB" available.
SomeHacker44 9y ago
Does it have the same pricing as O'Reilly's online store did? Heavy discounts (60%+) for multiple book purchases over $100? Early access books? What about .mobi? (I still have some actual eInk Kindles including the original DX!)
EwanToo 9y ago
O'Reilly themselves say Google play only offers epub, I think they've killed PDF there too