Re: Kingle/Reader on Linux in IL (WAS: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel)
2009/8/5 Michael Tewner tew...@gmail.com: I read a few reviews of the Kindle2 vs. Sony Reader - Anyone out there have either of those and use it with Linux? Just came across this article that seems to contain useful tips and pointers (it's a Linux device, so on topic :): http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/11/how_to_hack_sony_reader/ I don't have a Reader so I can't vouch for any of this. I just recalled this thread and had a quick look and it seemed relevant. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | o...@goldshmidt.org ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Kingle/Reader on Linux in IL (WAS: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel)
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all - I read a few reviews of the Kindle2 vs. Sony Reader - Anyone out there have either of those and use it with Linux? AFAIK, I'll see the storage as a USB device on either device - But what about purchasing books, etc? Download from Project Gutenberg only. Renting books from Amazon is not a good idea: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/17/2138213/Amazon-Pulls-Purchased-E-Book-Copies-of-1984-and-Animal-Farm?art_pos=3 What about the iRex iLiad (mentioned in the /. thread, runs linux 2.4 btw) - anyone has this thing? Can you get it in Israel? (For now, still waiting for the supposed pricedrops when these ereader gadgets reach growth stage...) AA ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Kingle/Reader on Linux in IL (WAS: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel)
For the russian-speaking (or rather - reading) out there: there is a nice fb2 to pdf site, that automatically embeds russian fonts into the final PDF: http://fb2pdf.com/ They also have a library of already converted books. -- Arie ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Kingle/Reader on Linux in IL (WAS: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel)
Hi all - I read a few reviews of the Kindle2 vs. Sony Reader - Anyone out there have either of those and use it with Linux? AFAIK, I'll see the storage as a USB device on either device - But what about purchasing books, etc? Download from Project Gutenberg only. Renting books from Amazon is not a good idea: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/17/2138213/Amazon-Pulls-Purchased-E-Book-Copies-of-1984-and-Animal-Farm?art_pos=3 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Kingle/Reader on Linux in IL (WAS: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel)
Thank you, Dotan! Will both devices read project Gutenberg files? -Mike On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all - I read a few reviews of the Kindle2 vs. Sony Reader - Anyone out there have either of those and use it with Linux? AFAIK, I'll see the storage as a USB device on either device - But what about purchasing books, etc? Download from Project Gutenberg only. Renting books from Amazon is not a good idea: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/17/2138213/Amazon-Pulls-Purchased-E-Book-Copies-of-1984-and-Animal-Farm?art_pos=3 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Kingle/Reader on Linux in IL (WAS: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel)
Thank you, Dotan! Will both devices read project Gutenberg files? Project Gutenberg files are usually available in plain text,HTML, PDF, mobi, and some other formats. Any device should be able to handle at least one of there. Here is a link: http://www.gutenberg.org -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Maxim Veksler hq4e...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/15 Shlomo Dubrowin dubrowin.l...@gmail.com: I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux and/or other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here. I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel. Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country? I have ordered books through a previous employer from Amazon.co.uk, but I remember it being much more expensive than getting them in the US. What are your experiences. Thank you. How about purchasing a Kindle and then ordering nothing but electronic books? I seems that in the long run it might turn out to be more beneficial then buying batches of printed books. Hi all - I read a few reviews of the Kindle2 vs. Sony Reader - Anyone out there have either of those and use it with Linux? AFAIK, I'll see the storage as a USB device on either device - But what about purchasing books, etc? -Mike ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel
2009/7/15 Shlomo Dubrowin dubrowin.l...@gmail.com:
I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux and/or
other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we
have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here.
I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel.
Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or
that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can
pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country?
I have ordered books through a previous employer from Amazon.co.uk, but I
remember it being much more expensive than getting them in the US. What are
your experiences. Thank you.
How about purchasing a Kindle and then ordering nothing but electronic books?
I seems that in the long run it might turn out to be more beneficial
then buying batches of printed books.
Shlomo
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The Solution to the water crisis in Israel:
# According to WikiPedia, the Kinneret can hold
# 4 km^3, so FULL here is in cubit meters
FULL=4000
while [ $LEVEL -lt $FULL ]; do
cat /sea/med /sea/red |\
grep -vi salt |\
tee /sea/dead /lake/kinneret
LEVEL=`du -c /sea/dead /lake/kinneret | grep total | awk '{print $1}'`
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I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux and/or
other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we
have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here.
I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel.
Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or
that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can
pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country?
I have ordered books through a previous employer from Amazon.co.uk, but I
remember it being much more expensive than getting them in the US. What are
your experiences. Thank you.
Shlomo
-
Shlomo Dubrowin
The Solution to the water crisis in Israel:
# According to WikiPedia, the Kinneret can hold
# 4 km^3, so FULL here is in cubit meters
FULL=4000
while [ $LEVEL -lt $FULL ]; do
cat /sea/med /sea/red |\
grep -vi salt |\
tee /sea/dead /lake/kinneret
LEVEL=`du -c /sea/dead /lake/kinneret | grep total | awk '{print $1}'`
done
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Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel
Have you tried Combooks? I used to invite them to August Penguin to have a
discounted sale of FOSS software (organizers - you might wish to do this
again).
http://www.combooks.co.il/Combooks_Il2/
Orna.
2009/7/15 Shlomo Dubrowin dubrowin.l...@gmail.com
I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux and/or
other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we
have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here.
I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel.
Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or
that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can
pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country?
I have ordered books through a previous employer from Amazon.co.uk, but I
remember it being much more expensive than getting them in the US. What are
your experiences. Thank you.
Shlomo
-
Shlomo Dubrowin
The Solution to the water crisis in Israel:
# According to WikiPedia, the Kinneret can hold
# 4 km^3, so FULL here is in cubit meters
FULL=4000
while [ $LEVEL -lt $FULL ]; do
cat /sea/med /sea/red |\
grep -vi salt |\
tee /sea/dead /lake/kinneret
LEVEL=`du -c /sea/dead /lake/kinneret | grep total | awk '{print $1}'`
done
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Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel
Actually, I considered recommending them too, but made a quick check before.
Ordering The Pragmatic Programmer and Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
from Amazon (+shipping) totals at $77, as opposed to $86 on Combooks. Always
compare :)
Aviv
2009/7/15 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda ladyp...@gmail.com
Have you tried Combooks? I used to invite them to August Penguin to have a
discounted sale of FOSS software (organizers - you might wish to do this
again).
http://www.combooks.co.il/Combooks_Il2/
Orna.
2009/7/15 Shlomo Dubrowin dubrowin.l...@gmail.com
I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux
and/or other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait
till we have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to
me here.
I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in
Israel. Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of
books, or that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or
where I can pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country?
I have ordered books through a previous employer from Amazon.co.uk, but I
remember it being much more expensive than getting them in the US. What are
your experiences. Thank you.
Shlomo
-
Shlomo Dubrowin
The Solution to the water crisis in Israel:
# According to WikiPedia, the Kinneret can hold
# 4 km^3, so FULL here is in cubit meters
FULL=4000
while [ $LEVEL -lt $FULL ]; do
cat /sea/med /sea/red |\
grep -vi salt |\
tee /sea/dead /lake/kinneret
LEVEL=`du -c /sea/dead /lake/kinneret | grep total | awk '{print $1}'`
done
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RE: Linux / Computer Books in Israel
I saw the same batch for $73.25 on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pragmatic-Thinking-and-Learning-Refactor-Your-Wetware_W0QQitemZ370225451300QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item5633281124_trksid=p3286.c0.m14_trkparms=65%3A15%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Pragmatic-Programmer-Hunt-Andrew-New-Book_W0QQitemZ270420258473QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Books_NonFictionBooks_NonFictionBooks_SM?hash=item3ef64daea9_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177_trkparms=%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
From: linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il] On
Behalf Of Aviv Ben-Yosef
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:21 PM
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Cc: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
Subject: Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel
Actually, I considered recommending them too, but made a quick check before.
Ordering The Pragmatic Programmer and Pragmatic Thinking and Learning from
Amazon (+shipping) totals at $77, as opposed to $86 on Combooks. Always compare
:)
Aviv
2009/7/15 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda ladyp...@gmail.commailto:ladyp...@gmail.com
Have you tried Combooks? I used to invite them to August Penguin to have a
discounted sale of FOSS software (organizers - you might wish to do this again).
http://www.combooks.co.il/Combooks_Il2/
Orna.
2009/7/15 Shlomo Dubrowin
dubrowin.l...@gmail.commailto:dubrowin.l...@gmail.com
I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux and/or
other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we
have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here.
I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel. Is
there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or that
can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can pick
them up somewhere local in this part of the country?
I have ordered books through a previous employer from
Amazon.co.ukhttp://Amazon.co.uk, but I remember it being much more expensive
than getting them in the US. What are your experiences. Thank you.
Shlomo
-
Shlomo Dubrowin
The Solution to the water crisis in Israel:
# According to WikiPedia, the Kinneret can hold
# 4 km^3, so FULL here is in cubit meters
FULL=4000
while [ $LEVEL -lt $FULL ]; do
cat /sea/med /sea/red |\
grep -vi salt |\
tee /sea/dead /lake/kinneret
LEVEL=`du -c /sea/dead /lake/kinneret | grep total | awk '{print $1}'`
done
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Re: Linux / Computer Books in Israel
On Wednesday 15 July 2009 03:00:09 pm Shlomo Dubrowin wrote: I live and work in the Jerusalem area. Generally, when I want Linux and/or other types of computer books (right now I'm learning Perl), I wait till we have family coming from the US and force them to bring the books to me here. I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel. Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country? Hi Shlomo, If you order your books as eBooks, they'll probably be the same price as in the US because there's no shipping. I sell Troubleshooting books rather than Linux books, but when someone orders an eBook from me, they get it just as fast as a US person and there's obviously no shipping charge -- I email it to them. Personally, I don't sell within countries that don't respect copyright laws (China et al) so all non US orders are accomplished by my sending the customer a Paypal request for payment, but I'd imagine most booksellers just treat everyone the same. I've ordered technical eBooks from these guys and was quite pleased: http://www.pragprog.com/ HTH STeveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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I keep saying there must be a better way to get good books here in Israel. Is there a bookstore somewhere that already imports these kinds of books, or that can order them for me and deliver them to me via IL Post or where I can pick them up somewhere local in this part of the country? Hi Shlomo, I have found the site www.bookdepository.co.uk very reasonable for buying computer books. They have free worldwide shipping on all books. The two books you were looking for come to a total of $65.77. The benefit of buying from them (based in the UK) rather than the USA is that the shipping from England is much quicker (I would often receive books in under a week). Jason -- Jason Friedman Postdoctoral scholar Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Australia email: write.to.ja...@gmail.com web: http://curiousjason.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
