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I agree about DRM on books being bad. That's what I love about Pragmatic Programmers' e-books, I can get a plain PDF that I can read on any device that can rea
by umjames 17y ago
I agree about DRM on books being bad. That's what I love about Pragmatic Programmers' e-books, I can get a plain PDF that I can read on any device that can read it.
- sailormoon 17y agoYeah, but the problem with that is that with PDF the page layout is really set in stone. What's appropriate for a 24" monitor may not be appropriate to read on your phone, or netbook, or what not. The best format, IMO, is plain HTML. It can come with a custom style sheet, or can be overridden to taste on the client. It can be read by anything, it can be endlessly adapted .. it's just the best overall solution, IMO.
- scottdw 17y agoI know at least the clojure book (http://pragprog.com/titles/shcloj/programming-clojure http://pragprog.com/titles/shcloj/programming-clojure) is available in epub format which is essentially xhtml zipped with metadata files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB).