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Free HTML5 Kindle Book

7 points by phpluver 15y ago

chrisacky 15y ago
These aren't free. Do not click the link.
- phpluver 15y ago
  YES they are free, wtf??
  - dvillase 15y ago
    Yes, I received them for free as well.
- phpluver 15y ago
  why are you LYING?
- phpluver 15y ago
  lying POS
- mrsebastian 15y ago
  I ordered it just now -- came up as $0.00 on the sales invoice thingee.
  - mrsebastian 15y ago
    Here's a screenie of the invoice: http://cl.ly/193w1q3Y230e040g2u2M http://cl.ly/193w1q3Y230e040g2u2M
- rsanchez1 15y ago
  They cost me $0.
SeanNieuwoudt 15y ago
It costs $11.99.
- phpluver 15y ago
  What?? http://screencast.com/t/iJFhd4WBn2 http://screencast.com/t/iJFhd4WBn2
fauldsh 15y ago
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/capturexff.png/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/capturexff.png/ Costs for me.
fridek 15y ago
You might want to read this review from one of buyers: "This isn't really the place for this comment but I have to say it...Haven't read the book yet but I thought I would check it out as I could borrow it free with my Amazon Prime account (first time borrowing a book). It listed as $0.00. I "purchased" it and it appears that I was charged $9.99. Not the end of the world but the Amazon user experience is still the worst out there. How can you tell me it's $0.00 then charge me $9.99? With further investigation i found there should be a borrow it now link. I went back to the page and looked everywhere for that link and couldn't find it. I also can't find a way to remedy this problem. Guess I'll be more cautious when using Amazon Prime in the future. I come back and give the book a rating after reading... giving the author the benefit of the doubt for the moment and putting in a 4 star ratting. They shouldn't be punished for Amazon's shortfall." I love this guy's attitude, BTW. Lost $10, keeps calm, rates book 4/5.
phpluver 15y ago
US only I guess
- pugnusferreus 15y ago
  Works for me. In Melbourne, Australia
Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
UK link (currently showing as free and my receipts both say free): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B005FCIVLS/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326198325&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B...
- iamichi 15y ago
  Yeah, I just got it from Amazon UK for free too. I checked the invoice and it all says £0.
peterhi 15y ago
I can confirm that (in the UK at least) this book is free. I'll go and have a look at the CSS book too.
piers 15y ago
Just to confirm, it is free (if you're in the UK) but the link above is for the US version which isn't free.
kittxkat 15y ago
It's not even through Amazon.co.uk available for me: http://i.imgur.com/tyB57.png http://i.imgur.com/tyB57.png. Ugh, I hate country restrictions! Since it is free, would it be legal for anyone to send it to me?
- kittxkat 15y ago
  Ah, nevermind, it's also free on Amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B005FCIVLS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326200724&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B005... and http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-Crash-Course-ebook/dp/B006PIW4IM/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326200724&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-Crash-Course-ebook/dp/B006...
bentruyman 15y ago
Don't bother with this book, at all. I'm just skimming through it and the author encourages the use of the font element, styling properties of elements like bgcolor. In other examples, he inlines CSS styles onto the elements — if that wasn't bad enough he's doing so in the `class` attribute, not the `style` attribute... Other things that irk me is he keeps using the term "tags" instead of elements and "arguments" instead of properties.

7 points by phpluver 15y ago

chrisacky 15y ago

These aren't free. Do not click the link.

phpluver 15y ago
YES they are free, wtf??
- dvillase 15y ago
  Yes, I received them for free as well.
phpluver 15y ago
why are you LYING?
phpluver 15y ago
lying POS
mrsebastian 15y ago
I ordered it just now -- came up as $0.00 on the sales invoice thingee.
- mrsebastian 15y ago
  Here's a screenie of the invoice: http://cl.ly/193w1q3Y230e040g2u2M http://cl.ly/193w1q3Y230e040g2u2M
rsanchez1 15y ago
They cost me $0.

SeanNieuwoudt 15y ago

It costs $11.99.

phpluver 15y ago
What?? http://screencast.com/t/iJFhd4WBn2 http://screencast.com/t/iJFhd4WBn2

fauldsh 15y ago

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/capturexff.png/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/capturexff.png/ Costs for me.

fridek 15y ago

You might want to read this review from one of buyers: "This isn't really the place for this comment but I have to say it...Haven't read the book yet but I thought I would check it out as I could borrow it free with my Amazon Prime account (first time borrowing a book). It listed as $0.00. I "purchased" it and it appears that I was charged $9.99. Not the end of the world but the Amazon user experience is still the worst out there. How can you tell me it's $0.00 then charge me $9.99? With further investigation i found there should be a borrow it now link. I went back to the page and looked everywhere for that link and couldn't find it. I also can't find a way to remedy this problem. Guess I'll be more cautious when using Amazon Prime in the future. I come back and give the book a rating after reading... giving the author the benefit of the doubt for the moment and putting in a 4 star ratting. They shouldn't be punished for Amazon's shortfall." I love this guy's attitude, BTW. Lost $10, keeps calm, rates book 4/5.

phpluver 15y ago

US only I guess

pugnusferreus 15y ago
Works for me. In Melbourne, Australia

Tyrannosaurs 15y ago

UK link (currently showing as free and my receipts both say free): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B005FCIVLS/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326198325&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B...

iamichi 15y ago
Yeah, I just got it from Amazon UK for free too. I checked the invoice and it all says £0.

peterhi 15y ago

I can confirm that (in the UK at least) this book is free. I'll go and have a look at the CSS book too.

piers 15y ago

Just to confirm, it is free (if you're in the UK) but the link above is for the US version which isn't free.

kittxkat 15y ago

It's not even through Amazon.co.uk available for me: http://i.imgur.com/tyB57.png http://i.imgur.com/tyB57.png. Ugh, I hate country restrictions! Since it is free, would it be legal for anyone to send it to me?

kittxkat 15y ago
Ah, nevermind, it's also free on Amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B005FCIVLS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326200724&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-HTML5-Course-ebook/dp/B005... and http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-Crash-Course-ebook/dp/B006PIW4IM/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326200724&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.de/Robin-Nixons-Crash-Course-ebook/dp/B006...

bentruyman 15y ago

Don't bother with this book, at all. I'm just skimming through it and the author encourages the use of the font element, styling properties of elements like bgcolor. In other examples, he inlines CSS styles onto the elements — if that wasn't bad enough he's doing so in the `class` attribute, not the `style` attribute... Other things that irk me is he keeps using the term "tags" instead of elements and "arguments" instead of properties.