I''ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of novels and I''m just wondering if anybody''s seen either books from Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most of my active reading so I''m interested just how useful this new device is with respect to technical books and it''s no secret that there''s an ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic format. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I was just reading the product description on the amazon website and it says only 90,000 books are available. NINETY THOUSAND. Out of all the books that amazon has, how many of those 90,000 do you expect to be Ruby on Rails books? On Dec 10, 2007 2:09 PM, Robert Nicholson <robert.nicholson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I''ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of > novels and I''m just wondering if anybody''s seen either books from > Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on > the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most > of my active reading so I''m interested just how useful this new device > is with respect to technical books and it''s no secret that there''s an > ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic > format. > > > > > >-- Ryan Bigg http://www.frozenplague.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Dec 9, 7:39 pm, Robert Nicholson <robert.nichol...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of > novels and I''m just wondering if anybody''s seen either books from > Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on > the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most > of my active reading so I''m interested just how useful this new device > is with respect to technical books and it''s no secret that there''s an > ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic > format.you can try this one: http://www.amazon.com/Rubyisms-Digital-Shortcut-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/B000P28WJO/ref=sr_1_48?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197260019&sr=1-48 personally , after reading that diveintomark bit, I''m not really all that enthusiastic --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Well I believe it''s possible to convert regular PDF''s to the format the Kindle uses hence I expect a lot of the work by publishers that already provide ebooks such as manning and pragmatic programmers to be already available for the Kindle. I was just interested in hearing how readable these texts are on the device as the device is mainly targeted towards readers of non technical materials. On Dec 9, 2007 9:47 PM, Ryan Bigg <radarlistener-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I was just reading the product description on the amazon website and it > says only 90,000 books are available. NINETY THOUSAND. Out of all the books > that amazon has, how many of those 90,000 do you expect to be Ruby on Rails > books? > > On Dec 10, 2007 2:09 PM, Robert Nicholson <robert.nicholson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> > wrote: > > > > > I''ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of > > novels and I''m just wondering if anybody''s seen either books from > > Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on > > the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most > > of my active reading so I''m interested just how useful this new device > > is with respect to technical books and it''s no secret that there''s an > > ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic > > format. > > > > > > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, Robert Nicholson wrote:> I''ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of > novels and I''m just wondering if anybody''s seen either books from > Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on > the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most > of my active reading so I''m interested just how useful this new device > is with respect to technical books and it''s no secret that there''s an > ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic > format.Ive been using the Nokia devices like the N800 to read ebooks in PDF format. Manning, Pragmatic Programmers, Apress and Friends of Ed all have technical books including a lot of the Ruby titles. The Linux-based N800 has a bright color 800x480 pixel screen, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, a web browser and lots of apps available for it. At $240 (buy.com), its a great value compared to the $350 and limited functionality of the Amazon Kindle. I have a 4Gb miniSD card on which I can carry all the books and docs that I need. http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n800 -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 12/9/07, Robert Nicholson <robert.nicholson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Well I believe it''s possible to convert regular PDF''s to the format the > Kindle uses hence I expect a lot of the work by publishers that already > provide ebooks such as manning and pragmatic programmers to be already > available for the Kindle. I was just interested in hearing how readable > these texts are on the device as the device is mainly targeted towards > readers of non technical materials.Another concern is that you might not be able to get anything on the kindle depending on where you live: http://www.bookofjoe.com/2007/12/amazon-kindle-a.html There are sizable areas of the US which don''t have the necessary evdo coverage http://evdomaps.com/ Most are sparsely populated, but if you happen to live there... -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---