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Honestly I would’ve liked to fork over cash for a book like this but the deal breaker for me is that it’s in PDF format. I like to read all of my books on a Kin
by JLO64 1y ago
Honestly I would’ve liked to fork over cash for a book like this but the deal breaker for me is that it’s in PDF format. I like to read all of my books on a Kindle (with koreader installed) so epub files that can be resized to fit its weird dimensions are a must.
- petr25102018 1y agoNoted. I will try to provide alternative formats. Not sure how it will go with the code examples, but I shall try. Edit: One reason why I picked PDF is that I expect the readers to actually follow the examples in their own terminal while going through the book. So in that sense I was thinking about reading it on the desktop.
- InsideOutSanta 1y agoYeah, same. On a phone or smaller e-reader, regular PDFs designed for normal book size are often unreadable.
- username223 1y agoThat's a big ask. I've written a couple of books, and PDF/print vs. ePub/webpage is a decision I had to make up front. For anything with more than the most basic formatting (e.g. a novel), the design and layout are different enough that one of them will turn out looking like crap. Given the audience, I probably would have chosen ePub for this one, but the book's done now. Also, a TOC and sample chapter would be great. A lot more people will be likely to pay if they know what they're getting.
- petr25102018 1y agoHonestly I haven't tried yet. Maybe Asciidoctor (Which I used) has it figured out. It would at least need to have good enough output for the code examples, otherwise it would probably be a non-starter. I added links to example pages (which include TOC) to the Gumroad page and here, but yeah I should have put it on the homepage.
- rmahan 1y agoHave you tried pdf reflow with koreader? I find it works pretty well
- reaperducer 1y agoHonestly I would’ve liked to fork over cash for a book like this but the deal breaker for me is that it’s in PDF format. I like to read all of my books on a Kindle When I made my purchase, the options were Download and Send to Kindle. It's not ePub, but it's something.
- kelvinjps10 1y agoYou can use calibre and convert it, most of the time the result is very good.
- dtnewman 1y agoFor what it’s worth I would have purchased if this was available in physical form (I’m weighing purchasing anyway, but my personal hunch is I’d pay $20-30 for physical copy and probably $10-20 for pdf). Amazon makes it quite easy to publish books that get printed on demand, and they accept pdf files as inputs.
- petr25102018 1y agoThanks for the input. I have made several updates to the book in the past and this would be lost in print, but as the book matures and I incorporate feedback it can be interesting to try offering a print version. Perhaps print-on-demand type of thing.
- dtnewman 1y agoAmazon does print on demand. I have a book published there that I sell at cost and it’s about $8 shipped. Print quality is pretty good. If you make changes, you just upload a new template and you’re all set.
- petr25102018 1y agoThanks for the tip. I will explore it.