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ydant
16y ago
That's one of the coolest maps I've seen in a while. Thank you.
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ydant
16y ago
Interesting. I just checked on the Android Google Market and found several of the books I was considering were just $5. They are in multi-file HTML format inside the APK, so this is even cheaper and given I wanted them on the Android phone
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ydant
16y ago
For anyone else trying to find this out and finding the site to be amazingly slow: Use coupon code FAVFA - prices won't be discounted until check-out. It works for multiple books, although the headline looks like it's for a single book.
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ydant
16y ago
I use it fairly regularly, but mainly as another way of communicating with my friends over our Google Reader shares. It's a good interface, supports replies natively, and doesn't constantly tell me "too many buzzes, try again later".
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ydant
16y ago
Sure it's a solution. It's not the only solution, but neither is in-lining the footnotes or placing them nearby. Placing them at the end of the page has size-issues if fonts are changed. A moderately long foot-note could crowd the entire
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ydant
16y ago
Ok, I had to look back and see if I could substantiate that claim. It's not quite like I remembered it - my apologies for being a bit misleading. Here's one link to details: http://androidandme.com/2010/03/phones/hands-on-as-new-dell-...
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ydant
16y ago
The Kindle is great, I just don't use it enough to justify keeping it around, especially if I buy a tablet. If the Notion Ink Adam ( http://www.notionink.in/ ) lives up to the hype, then I will buy it, and it's more likely to be with me.
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ydant
16y ago
This has been pretty obviously coming for a while, since Amazon has been talking about their upcoming Android tablet and its Kindle support. Still, it's great to see that this is a) still coming and b) not going to be restricted arbitraril
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ydant
16y ago
Well, the best part about this article is that it got me to check out Scribd. I'd been ignoring it, although I saw previous commentary about them moving from Flash to plugin-free. I'm impressed with the HTML render - it looks smooth. No