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Which gets you guaranteed platform independence (as well as the PDF edition, if you want the print-like layout). Fair price for some.
by ConstantineXVI 14y ago
Which gets you guaranteed platform independence (as well as the PDF edition, if you want the print-like layout). Fair price for some.
- cydonian_monk 14y agoWhich is why I now buy O'Reilly books direct from them. However, while digging around in my older ebooks, I discovered the O'Reilly books I bought through Apple or B&N were also drm-free. Not sure if that's now also the case with Kindle versions... but as mentioned there are other perks of buying direct from O'Reilly.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoI remember hearing Amazon now allows publishers to opt-out of DRM. .mobi doesn't always cleanly convert to ePub though, so having multi-format from the source is still helpful.
- ansible 14y agoAnd O'Reilly gives you free updates forever. And if you subscribe to their newsletter, you'll occasionally see 50% off promo codes. This HN posting was particularly ill-timed, they had a promo code for this particular book that expired on Nov 13th.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoAmazon does provide updates as well; not sure if O'Reilly offers this for their Amazon "prints" (I'm sure they would, but I usually opt for direct so unable to confirm), but I have received mails telling me my Kindle books have been updated.