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Our Django Book is Launched

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Re: Our Django Book is Launched

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Congratulations! If I may suggest a few things:

- How about adding a sample in the web page?

- You may to consider using PayPal in addition to Gumroad. Gumroad is awesome, but some people may only be able to use PayPal (e.g. no International Credit Card) or prefer it. I use both for my book and I sell way more copies on PayPal.

Re: Our Django Book is Launched

#72
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Will it be available on the Kindle or as an ePub or solely PDF and print?

I'm one of the authors. Because of the formatting issues of Kindle and ePub, the negative reviews Python books get when formatting breaks in those formats, we're not sure yet it we'll publish it in mobi/epub. That said, if you have any advice on getting Python to look good in those formats, we would love to hear it. :-)

Another vote for mobi/epub, even if the code blocks are unreadable.

I understand the aversion to negative reviews. Maybe you can offer this with a disclaimer for those who bought the PDF.

Re: Our Django Book is Launched

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post #71

Congratulations! If I may suggest a few things: - How about adding a sample in the web page? - You may to consider using PayPal in addition to Gumroad. Gumroad is awesome, but some people may only be able to use PayPal (e.g. no International Credit Card) or prefer it. I use both for my book and I sell way more copies on PayPal.

Than you on both accounts!

Re: Our Django Book is Launched

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post #38

Considering purchasing since I was thinking of diving into django for my next project.. If I buy the PDF now, and you eventually release an EPUB or other format, will I get access to those files (with updates) as well?

Honestly, I don't know enough about ePub distribution to answer you. I would love to do that though.

I will purchase your book as well, but with a hope that there will be an ePub version released in the future. I have a junky Sony e-Reader that is not so great at touch controls for things like zooming and panning (necessary with most PDFs) and an ePub would reflow the text as needed based on font size.

Re: Our Django Book is Launched

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Does it mostly focus on Django on Python 2, or is there a good portion that deals with Django on Python 3 as well?

We decided that until there are working implementations of Django running on heavily trafficked Python 3 site, it would be best to focus on Python 2.7. Heck, for that matter, Python 3 is experimental in Django 1.5. We wanted to keep our readers in a safe spot and advocate safety over cutting edge. That said, we tried to make things as Python 3 friendly as possible. :-)

I'm patiently waiting for book version 2 then.
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