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Re: Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code

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Today, one of our discount codes escaped into the wild! If you were lucky enough to download a free ebook today we hope you enjoy it - we'd also like to thank the HN community in particular for highlighting some legitimate issues on our end. We'll definitely be looking into addressing these. However, nothing that good can last for ever, and the discount code itself should no longer be active.

We're happy to talk to any of our authors about the impact this might have had on individual titles on a case by case basis - you should always feel free to get in touch with your primary editorial contact even after publication (alternatively, you can email me directly regarding this particular discount at erols@packtpub.com). We're here to help and support you not only through the publication process, but also beyond.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused to customers who tried using a code that we emailed out directly. Please contact us at customercare@packtpub.com if you have experienced any problems as a result.

Re: Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code

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It's a pity they don't have akamai/cloudfront or something, it seems they are getting crushed. So whomever is running 27 simultaneous downloads, please stop. You'll never read all those books.

You're right, I'll never read them. However I'm collecting a shitload of pdfs, I convert them to HTML, put them in an ElasticSearch database, so I can search their content when I need it. It's more like a complementary documentation database.

Sounds like too many steps. Why not use ePub directly. It's just a Zip with funny HTML inside. Index that and you may even get page numbers. Contact me if interested in collaborating (it's one of my todo projects).
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