4 ms·
I am completely happy with O'Reilly's and Pragmatic's policy I don't really need an eReader for programming books. Most of the time I'm better off reading thos
by AgentConundrum 16y ago
I am completely happy with O'Reilly's and Pragmatic's policy
I don't really need an eReader for programming books. Most of the time I'm better off reading those at the computer where I can play with the code in them. For that, I can just buy the PDF and read it in Foxit.
I'd want an eReader more for fiction, and fiction definitely still prefers DRM over non-DRM.
- Tyrannosaurs 16y agoOther than the ability to carry a large library around with you the Kindle is pretty sucky for Programming books - the screen is too small and the formatting too limited.
- rbanffy 16y agoThe search, however, is unmatched by physical books.
- tom_b 16y agoIt's carrying the large library around that appeals most to me. I'm attempting to solve the space issues around having many tech books around. So far, I find the Pragmatic and O'Reilly ebooks to be pretty nice on Kindle. Code examples don't always look super. But I sometimes landscape the view (especially on pdfs) and it's much better. But I also tend to read and hack separately anymore these days - reading to drink the bigger picture, then hack and use Google as my language reference . . .
- igorlev 16y agoThe Kindle DX, on the other hand, has become indispensable to me for reading all kinds of technical books and pdfs. Along with the daily E-book deals from O'Reilly it has almost completely eliminated the need to buy paper technical books. I think a good market for this is in areas with long, public transportation commutes. Those who take the car to work have fewer good use cases for e-readers.