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I'm one of the authors. Because of the formatting issues of Kindle and ePub, the negative reviews Python books get when formatting breaks in those formats, we'
by pydanny 14y ago
I'm one of the authors.
Because of the formatting issues of Kindle and ePub, the negative reviews Python books get when formatting breaks in those formats, we're not sure yet it we'll publish it in mobi/epub.
That said, if you have any advice on getting Python to look good in those formats, we would love to hear it. :-)
- __mharrison__ 14y agoI've perfected getting Python looking good in those formats :) (Or at least spent a year doing so). But yes, there are a lot of poorly formatted ebooks, which is especially problematic for Python code. I've already reached out to Danny via other mechanisms, so perhaps there will be a properly formatted Amazon version...
- scorpion032 14y agoI just bought the PDF. But since I plan to read it on my iPhone, an ePub version that looks good would be a great. (Reading an A4 PDF on an iPhone isn't really comfortable.)
- Keats 14y agoPurchased. But agreed that a epub version to read on my kobo would be awesome !
- kroger 14y agoJust bought the book, congrats! I've written about using Sphinx to write technical books, you may find it useful: http://pedrokroger.net/2012/10/using-sphinx-to-write-books/ http://pedrokroger.net/2012/10/using-sphinx-to-write-books/ I see you used Pages to write the book. AFAIK Pages can export to ePub automatically (but I don't know if the result is any good). Maybe you could consider to export the ePub and distribute it with the PDF even if the ePub is a "beta" version. I think it could be useful for a lot of people.
- mattchew 14y agoAnother vote for mobi/epub, even if the code blocks are unreadable. I understand the aversion to negative reviews. Maybe you can offer this with a disclaimer for those who bought the PDF.