Which reminds me: I've been seeing more and more glowing prase of
HTML5, but not surprisingly, when I've tried digging into the
details, I find a bit of a confused mess of documentation. Does
anyone know of a good introductory HTML5 doc, tutorial, or whatever?
There is a book I am interested in, and it is available in ebook
format.I'm new to the ebook scene. What options are there to
convert it to pdf if I want to view it on my linux laptop? I don't
have any interest, at this time, of investing in an ebook reader (such
as Kindle, etc).
Thanks
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 06:31:54AM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
There is a book I am interested in, and it is available in ebook
format.I'm new to the ebook scene. What options are there to
convert it to pdf if I want to view it on my linux laptop? I don't
have any interest, at this
Speaking of breaking DRM for ebooks... anyone have any tips? I'm adamant
about buying only ebooks from now on. The problem is that very few
publishers provide their books in a DRM free format. O'Reilly is
one notable exception. I won't be pirating my books, but I don't like the
idea of being
Calibre can convert either Mobi (Amazon's format) or EPUB (the one BN chose
to standardize on). EPUB books are also available from the public library
for download. EPUB seems to be a more standardized format.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
On 04/12/2011
oh yeah, O'Reilly allows for downloads in PDF, EPUB, MOBI and one other
format, all DRM free.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.comwrote:
Calibre can convert either Mobi (Amazon's format) or EPUB (the one BN chose
to standardize on). EPUB books are also
If you ever *do* get an ereader, I much prefer the way an ebook renders: PDFs
are pretty much like looking at a PDF on a screen, but ebooks will jiggle their
page numbers etc. depending on font size/orientation.
PS sorry for top posting.
Dan O'Donovan
On 12 Apr 2011, at
On Apr 12, 2011, at 7:35 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
one notable exception. I won't be pirating my books, but I don't like the
idea of being tied to one device or company (The kindle for example, or BN
their crappy nook). I want PDF portability.
PDF isn't portable. It makes assumptions
Portability is subjective. To me I want to be able to read my PDF on ANY
computer (mac, pc, linux), my ipad, my cell phone, my android tablet. I am
even able to read my PDFs to a limited extent on my ebook reader (though you
are correct, the formatting is poor do to page sizes and text
On Apr 12, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
my definition of portable PDF works perfectly fine. My point was I don't
want to rely on a DRM or App based solution (such as the Kindle app) that
ties me to a one device, one provider or one particular piece of software.
One could
Oh... I didn't realize that. You can open a book you purchase for your nook
in any EPUB reader?
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Richard Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.comwrote:
On Apr 12, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
my definition of portable PDF works perfectly fine. My point
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Laura Conrad lcon...@laymusic.org wrote:
Chris == Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.com writes:
Chris I'm adamant about buying only ebooks from now on. The
Chris problem is that very few publishers provide their books in a
Chris DRM free format.
Sorry, I misread that Rich.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.comwrote:
Oh... I didn't realize that. You can open a book you purchase for your
nook in any EPUB reader?
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Richard Pieri
richard.pi...@gmail.comwrote:
On Apr
Bill == Bill Bogstad bogs...@pobox.com writes:
Bill From my experience so far with the Kindle, even ebook formats
Bill don't work that well for books with lots of images, charts,
Bill graphs, etc.
I agree. I mostly read novels on my reading device, and read other
things either
Chris == Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.com writes:
Chris I do like EPUBs and like the portable nature of the EPUB
Chris format. The EPUB format became standardized in 2007, so it's
Chris a relatively young file format. I'm a bit concerned the file
Chris format has the
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Laura Conrad lcon...@laymusic.org wrote:
On a cheerful note, I was assuming my cheap android phone would be
useless as an ereader, but I find I've almost stopped taking the Nokia
810 on trips where there might be casual reading, because it's so easy
to whip
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Richard Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 12, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
help some, but probably not enough. Since I hoped to read technical
publications
on my 'book' reader, I think I see a tablet of some sort in my future.
Take a
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Laura Conrad lcon...@laymusic.org wrote:
Rob == Rob Hasselbaum r...@hasselbaum.net writes:
Rob No doubt the experience with technical books would be much less
Rob pleasant. Simply not enough screen real estate. Supposedly
Rob Amazon is working on an
On 4/12/2011 12:16 PM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
Oh... I didn't realize that. You can open a book you purchase for your nook
in any EPUB reader?
Unfortunately not; Nook books have DRM, so not all readers will work.
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Bill == Bill Bogstad bogs...@pobox.com writes:
Kindle for PC does run under Wine.
Bill Do you use this solution? I've tried and it seems you have to
Bill have just the right version of Kindle for PC and Wine to make
Bill it work. So far, I haven't had much luck.
Yes, it's
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