tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11565005.post4066619971337056829..comments2023-03-29T06:17:21.481-06:00Comments on The Software Life: informIT eBooksAndrew McKinlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14951795633428513769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11565005.post-53644595622801325022011-04-23T00:15:15.479-06:002011-04-23T00:15:15.479-06:00Just downloaded a book from informIT in PDF format...Just downloaded a book from informIT in PDF format, its a code book, and the monospace code excerpts don't present properly on my linux box with evince. Very annoying. They'll probably suggest I use adobe (not available for fedora) acrobat. Might have to check out TPB for a copy I can actually read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11565005.post-82163063915053447402011-01-03T16:57:51.443-06:002011-01-03T16:57:51.443-06:00Only the epub format requires Adobe Digital Editio...Only the epub format requires Adobe Digital Editions. You can get the pdf format, or use Calibre to convert the epub to another format.Andrew McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951795633428513769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11565005.post-35393200401141049872011-01-03T16:00:26.220-06:002011-01-03T16:00:26.220-06:00A few things about informIT I'm unhappy with:
...A few things about informIT I'm unhappy with:<br />- Requirement of Adobe Digital Editions to read eBooks... And unfortunately Adobe D.E. is not available for Linux for now.<br />- Ordering eBook requests providing shipping address. No idea why (this is eBook).<br />- Some countries are not available in the countries list when registering a shipping address (even if I want to use the address for e-Book ordering only).<br /><br />Despite of the above - there are some interesting discounts like $9.99 "eBook Deal of the Day".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com