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Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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PDF is terrible to read in a Kindle. This book would be much more valuable in a ebook format.

Every time I tried to generate mobi files from Tex they were terrible formatted. O'Reilly does it fine with some open source books, but I've never managed to do it myself. Are the good publishing tools for ebooks just avaiable for specialized publishers?

Which techniques do you have to convert these Tex books to mobi (the Kindle format)?

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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PDF is terrible to read in a Kindle. This book would be much more valuable in a ebook format. Every time I tried to generate mobi files from Tex they were terrible formatted. O'Reilly does it fine with some open source books, but I've never managed to do it myself. Are the good publishing tools for ebooks just avaiable for specialized publishers? Which techniques do you have to convert these Tex books to mobi (the Ki…

If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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PDF is terrible to read in a Kindle. This book would be much more valuable in a ebook format. Every time I tried to generate mobi files from Tex they were terrible formatted. O'Reilly does it fine with some open source books, but I've never managed to do it myself. Are the good publishing tools for ebooks just avaiable for specialized publishers? Which techniques do you have to convert these Tex books to mobi (the Ki…

If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

I would be interested

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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PDF is terrible to read in a Kindle. This book would be much more valuable in a ebook format. Every time I tried to generate mobi files from Tex they were terrible formatted. O'Reilly does it fine with some open source books, but I've never managed to do it myself. Are the good publishing tools for ebooks just avaiable for specialized publishers? Which techniques do you have to convert these Tex books to mobi (the Ki…

If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

Me too

Epub and mobi formats would be great

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

Me too Epub and mobi formats would be great

I would also be interested. LeanPub might also be a good shout.

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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PDF is terrible to read in a Kindle. This book would be much more valuable in a ebook format. Every time I tried to generate mobi files from Tex they were terrible formatted. O'Reilly does it fine with some open source books, but I've never managed to do it myself. Are the good publishing tools for ebooks just avaiable for specialized publishers? Which techniques do you have to convert these Tex books to mobi (the Ki…

If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

Yes. Me too

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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Me too Epub and mobi formats would be great

I would also be interested. LeanPub might also be a good shout.

Definitely, the problem with leanpub is that they ask for 99$ to start a book. I thought about that before, but i don't know if i could sell enough books to recover at least that inital value..

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

Me too Epub and mobi formats would be great

I will check if i can produce an epub easily! Thanks for all sugestions..

Re: At full speed with Python: a book for self-learners

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PDF is terrible to read in a Kindle. This book would be much more valuable in a ebook format. Every time I tried to generate mobi files from Tex they were terrible formatted. O'Reilly does it fine with some open source books, but I've never managed to do it myself. Are the good publishing tools for ebooks just avaiable for specialized publishers? Which techniques do you have to convert these Tex books to mobi (the Ki…

If enough people are interested, i may try to do something with pandoc to generate an ebook!

I am :)
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