10 ms·

Free Ebooks and Compilations

74 points by jesperht 9y ago

4d66ba06 9y ago
Thanks for sharing. This one looks interesting: "Designing for Respect - UX Ethics for the Digital Age"
- napsterbr 9y ago
  I suppose this one is missing on LinkedIn
systems 9y ago
is there anyway now to buy an oreilly ebook? they stopped selling ebooks via their own website, you can access the books online if you have a safari subscription, and you can buy kindle versions on amazon but i cant find anyway to buy simple pdf or epub ebooks from oreilly very weird business decision in my opinion
- bachmeier 9y ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6k3ixn/oreilly_media_no_longer_offering_individual_drm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6k3ixn/oreilly...
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  FWIW, if you haunt the Humble Book Bundle, you will end up acquiring a significant percentage of O'Reilly's library over time. O'Reilly itself does bundles there fairly often, and O'Reilly imprints like Make: and No Starch have put all but a few books that they've published in the last several years up in humble bundles. One of the last bastions of good DRM-free eBooks is Pearson/InformIT, which includes a lot of big ones like Cisco Press, Microsoft Press, Addison-Wesley, Que, Sams, etc.
  - billpollock 9y ago
    No Starch Press is not an O'Reilly imprint. We have no affiliation with O'Reilly. We do sell our ebooks through Safari though.
    - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
      Somehow I had the impression, maybe you guys sold through O'Reilly when they sold ebooks straight up too? Thanks for the clarification! (And you guys rock.)
- sohkamyung 9y ago
  O'Reilly sells their books DRM free on Google Play Store [1] in both PDF and ePUB formats. But the quality of the produced ePUB and PDF books may vary. You might be able to get a idea by checking the content in the provided "Free Sample". [1] https://play.google.com/store/books https://play.google.com/store/books
jimnotgym 9y ago
Just examining their meaning of free. They are free to purchase if you give them your name and email. So free as in 'free beer' They are however covered by copyright. If they are really free presumably I could put them all on one site and let you download the whole 243 in one zip?
- jimnotgym 9y ago
  Having looked at a couple it has lead me to also consider their meaning of book. There may be books on here but there are mostly pamphlets and papers.
- yesenadam 9y ago
  So nice to see a pro-RMS-vibe comment. So rare nowadays, sadly.
noarchy 9y ago
I have an account on their site, but that apparently doesn't let me get these books without having to manually enter my info... unless I've missed something?

74 points by jesperht 9y ago

4d66ba06 9y ago

Thanks for sharing. This one looks interesting: "Designing for Respect - UX Ethics for the Digital Age"

napsterbr 9y ago
I suppose this one is missing on LinkedIn

systems 9y ago

is there anyway now to buy an oreilly ebook? they stopped selling ebooks via their own website, you can access the books online if you have a safari subscription, and you can buy kindle versions on amazon but i cant find anyway to buy simple pdf or epub ebooks from oreilly very weird business decision in my opinion

bachmeier 9y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6k3ixn/oreilly_media_no_longer_offering_individual_drm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6k3ixn/oreilly...
ocdtrekkie 9y ago
FWIW, if you haunt the Humble Book Bundle, you will end up acquiring a significant percentage of O'Reilly's library over time. O'Reilly itself does bundles there fairly often, and O'Reilly imprints like Make: and No Starch have put all but a few books that they've published in the last several years up in humble bundles. One of the last bastions of good DRM-free eBooks is Pearson/InformIT, which includes a lot of big ones like Cisco Press, Microsoft Press, Addison-Wesley, Que, Sams, etc.
- billpollock 9y ago
  No Starch Press is not an O'Reilly imprint. We have no affiliation with O'Reilly. We do sell our ebooks through Safari though.
  - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
    Somehow I had the impression, maybe you guys sold through O'Reilly when they sold ebooks straight up too? Thanks for the clarification! (And you guys rock.)
sohkamyung 9y ago
O'Reilly sells their books DRM free on Google Play Store [1] in both PDF and ePUB formats. But the quality of the produced ePUB and PDF books may vary. You might be able to get a idea by checking the content in the provided "Free Sample". [1] https://play.google.com/store/books https://play.google.com/store/books

jimnotgym 9y ago

Just examining their meaning of free. They are free to purchase if you give them your name and email. So free as in 'free beer' They are however covered by copyright. If they are really free presumably I could put them all on one site and let you download the whole 243 in one zip?

jimnotgym 9y ago
Having looked at a couple it has lead me to also consider their meaning of book. There may be books on here but there are mostly pamphlets and papers.
yesenadam 9y ago
So nice to see a pro-RMS-vibe comment. So rare nowadays, sadly.

noarchy 9y ago

I have an account on their site, but that apparently doesn't let me get these books without having to manually enter my info... unless I've missed something?