Exciting headline; miserable experience. We're sorry, an error has occurred in our application. So now I've finally given up after the tenth attempt. I guess O'Reilly won't be selling me that copy of Building Scalable Websites after all.
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O'Reilly is selling any eBook for $9.99 today
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#52Exciting headline; miserable experience. We're sorry, an error has occurred in our application. So now I've finally given up after the tenth attempt. I guess O'Reilly won't be selling me that copy of Building Scalable Websites after all.
My order went through, but I can't access my book :(
I called up their customer service and they mentioned that it's not showing up because the servers are under heavy load. The lady on the other end of their customer service line was really nice and I have no doubt the ebook will show up in ours accounts eventually.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would an iPad help? It still has the eyeball-melting backlight, and it has a glossy screen, so you have to read through a reflection. There's a reason why people like e-ink-based ebook readers so much. They may not have games, but they are really good for reading ebooks. (Though I admit that the normal Kindle is not so great for books that have diagrams.)
I have a Kindle DX. Love it for reading research PDFs from start to finish. I had also figured it would be fantastic to shrink the shelf space for tech books, and always have those books at hand. Big downside that doesn't hit you till you try to use it for this purpose: the e-ink can't page flip fast enough to be useful. Readers on the iPad (iBooks, even Kindle app) don't have this issue.
I'm not sure I follow. But what I have learned from reading HN is that I am probably the only person in the world that reads each page of a book in order. I start with the first page. When I'm done reading that page, I read the second page. Induct on n.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here's a few recent buys: - Javascript: The Good Parts (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748/) - High Performance Javascript (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596802806/) It's always a good time to buy a few classics: - Information Architecture for the WWW (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527341/) - Javascript: The definitive guide (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101992/) - Beautiful Code (http://oreilly.com/c…
> Javascript: The definitive guide I'm waiting for the 6th edition: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596805531
You get free updates on eBooks, eh
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have read more than 3000 screens (pages?) on my iPad so far and my eyeballs have not melted yet. I think it is quite a personal thing whether you like using an iPad for reading a lot of material or not. I find it a lot easier on my eyes than my Macbook Air, for reading, not sure why. But there it is.
I find it a lot easier on my eyes than my Macbook Air, for reading, not sure why. But there it is. Could it be because you spent $500 on it for the purpose of reading books, and your mind won't let you think negative thoughts about the experience? I had a pair of pants like this. They were the wrong size, uncomfortable, and ugly. But I wore them anyway because it was too late to return them, and I spent $75 on them t…
No. I am certain that isn't it. As I did get it for free. I don't really think the iPad is the Jesus tablet, but I certainly would spend $500 on another one if I lost this one, to read books on it.
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#56This caught my eye... And then I remembered that my safaribooksonline subscription lets me read all the o'reilly books I want, and thousands of other tech books, for $20.00 a month. For anyone who wants to use this coupon, I'm not sure why you wouldn't just get yourself a month on safari... or a free trial for that matter.... Any ideas?
Reading offline, like on my ipad
Re: O'Reilly is selling any eBook for $9.99 today
#57If I had an iPad I might consider it to see if I can read on that, but I've found that I only ever read books when printed on the pulped, mangled, processed bodies of brutally murdered trees.
In general I agree, but pocket-reference e-books on your mobile shouldn't be scoffed at.
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#58If I had an iPad I might consider it to see if I can read on that, but I've found that I only ever read books when printed on the pulped, mangled, processed bodies of brutally murdered trees.
Why would an iPad help? It still has the eyeball-melting backlight, and it has a glossy screen, so you have to read through a reflection. There's a reason why people like e-ink-based ebook readers so much. They may not have games, but they are really good for reading ebooks. (Though I admit that the normal Kindle is not so great for books that have diagrams.)
Goodreader (plus a couple other pdf apps) can darken the screen so it's almost like glossy paper
