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Hey mhartl...love that this is finally done. One suggestion I have though, is I feel like you are giving away too much on the site. One point of interest is t
by marcamillion 16y ago
Hey mhartl...love that this is finally done.
One suggestion I have though, is I feel like you are giving away too much on the site.
One point of interest is that I can just simply press 'view all as single page' and then do a Print to PDF and have everything in one nice PDF.
Granted, I am sure the official version looks MUCH nicer, but there isn't THAT much difference between the crude version and your version - in terms of content.
So one suggestion might be disabling that function. Allow users to be able to see all the chapters and everything, and even if they want to print it all out, they could still do it chapter by chapter, but that is a huge hassle.
Also, if you did that, I would love to know what impact it had on sales (if any) :)
Hope that helps.
- mhartl 16y agoThanks for the feedback, and I appreciate your concern. I'll consider removing the link you mention, but I'm not too worried about the scenario you describe. The PDF resulting from "Save as PDF" is total crap; for instance, there is no source code syntax highlighting, and none of the cross-reference links work—it's not even remotely as nice as the PDF available for purchase. Plus, most people don't even notice the "view as single page" link you mention. ;-) Finally, I personally love that link, and I want other people to have the convenience of a single-page view, too. Among other things, it makes searching the book a breeze, rendering an index unnecessary, even if you don't buy the PDF.