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Keith Fahlgren replied on November 05, 2009 14:11 to the question "Electronic format of "Head First iPhone Development"" in O'Reilly Media:

King: you're right that EPUB may have the theoretical ability to support complexly laid out pages like the above with SVG, but at the moment there aren't EPUB reading systems that could display such content well. The design of each spread in a Head First title is prepared with a tremendous amount of care and pedagodical intention, so we want to be careful to ensure that readers are getting all they paid for. At the moment, that means PDF.

Keith Fahlgren started following the question "If I translate your book under Open Feedback Publishing System (OFPS), can I free publish my work?" in O'Reilly Media.

A comment on the discussion "Post ideas and questions about Bookworm" in Threepress Consulting Inc.:

@tereno: Have you try the ePub validation form at http://www.threepress.org/tools/? – Keith Fahlgren, on September 23, 2009 02:20

A comment on the discussion "Post ideas and questions about Bookworm" in Threepress Consulting Inc.:

@Pawan: Are you able to share your EPUB? If so, I'd suggesting sending along part of it (especially the OPF file) to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epub-co..., where many EPUB folks actively participate). – Keith Fahlgren, on September 10, 2009 06:25

Keith Fahlgren replied on September 08, 2009 23:47 to the problem "Sony Reader Problems." in O'Reilly Media:

@Todd: pre-wrap has been added to the default, and a re-rendering of every EPUB has started.

@Rodrigo: Learning UML 2.0, Ruby Programming Language, and JRuby Cookbook have all been updated with a change to the CSS that should make the code more readable. Please download the update from http://oreilly.com/e and let us know what you think.

A comment on the problem "Sony Reader Problems." in O'Reilly Media:

@Todd: We've been struggling with the whitespace issue for a long time and have more or less come to the same conclusion you have (pre-wrap). It's still something I'm a little worried about just because the whitespace-sensitivity across all of the languages represented in all of our titles is so diverse, but I think pre-wrap would be a better compromise. We'll be updating our titles soon (I think). – Keith Fahlgren, on September 04, 2009 17:02

Keith Fahlgren replied on July 20, 2009 22:10 to the question "How do I convert a purchased pdf book to an epdf?" in O'Reilly Media:

I'm not sure what you mean by "epdf". EPUB is a reflowable format used by Bookworm that we offer for some of our titles, but layout-intensive books like the Head First titles are only available as PDF because so much of their value is tied to the particular positioning of items on each page.

We routinely re-evaluate the ability of reflowable formats like EPUB to represent the Head First titles.

Keith Fahlgren started following the question "How do I give an ebook from OReilly as a gift?" in O'Reilly Media.

Keith Fahlgren replied on June 05, 2009 17:00 to the question "Why all technical book are not in eBook versions?" in O'Reilly Media:

We offer Ebook bundles of PDF, EPUB, and Mobi formats for most new releases and an increasing number of older titles. Rather than disappointing customers with low-quality EPUB and Mobi files for graphically intensive titles like Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, for example, we sell a PDF instead.

Happily, Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide is now available as an Ebook bundle: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514...

You can read more specifics about O'Reilly Ebooks at http://oreilly.com/ebooks

Keith Fahlgren replied on May 15, 2009 15:27 to the problem "Image with Unreadable Text due to Black Background" in Threepress Consulting Inc.:

This was a problem with the source image in the EPUB rather than Bookworm. PIL wasn't able to handle the transparency in the source PNG, so the JPG looks rather wonky.

Andrew Savikas' reply to "Kindle support?" was just promoted to the most useful! Keith Fahlgren and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

We've now begun selling O'Reilly ebooks (without DRM) in the Kindle store.

Keith Fahlgren started following the question "Why does adding the digital version add 30% to the cost?" in O'Reilly Media.

Keith Fahlgren replied on April 14, 2009 15:54 to the question "Mastering Regular Expressions Mobi version?" in O'Reilly Media:

Mastering Regular Expressions has become a classic in part because of the tremendously careful & complex typesetting that Jeffrey Friedl, the author, has done himself. Because of the limitations in the reading software for reflowable formats like ePub & Mobi and severe limitations in the Kindle itself, we're not able to put an Ebook version up for sale. It would be unreadable.

We do keep track of and contribute to the progress of various reading systems, so as soon as we can get these complex titles in a form that won't be a disservice to customers, we will.

Keith Fahlgren replied on March 15, 2009 14:16 to the question "Mobipocket eBooks display odd characters on Kindle" in O'Reilly Media:

All of the Mobis on oreilly.com have now had this fix applied.

Please let us know if you see further problems.

A comment on the question "Mobipocket eBooks display odd characters on Kindle" in O'Reilly Media:

David:
The Mobi files for Securing Ajax Applications and Dojo: The Definitive Guide have just been updated on your O'Reilly Electronic Media page (https://members.oreilly.com/account/e...). If you want to download directly to your Kindle2, use the mobile version at http://oreilly.com/e.

Web Security Testing Cookbook should be updated in an hour or so. – Keith Fahlgren, on March 14, 2009 02:22

Keith Fahlgren replied on March 12, 2009 16:54 to the question "Mobipocket eBooks display odd characters on Kindle" in O'Reilly Media:

We've updated the Mobi file to fix this issue. Please download the new version from your Electronic Media or Mobile Electronic Media.

Keith Fahlgren started following the problem "Buying an ebook should prompt to make an account" in O'Reilly Media.

Keith Fahlgren started following the problem "iPhone App: "iPhone: The Missing Manual" crashes when attempting to change display font" in O'Reilly Media.

Keith Fahlgren replied on February 10, 2009 07:06 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

@iwantsatisfaction: While the lack of monospace fonts was a bummer before 1.2, we had a workaround. Unfortunately, our top problem with the Kindle continues to be the fact that it cannot render tables. Nearly every O'Reilly book uses some tables and the Kindle simply massacres them. This hasn't changed with 1.2, but if you want to see for yourself, we have more than 400 O'Reilly titles available in Mobi for your Kindle (along with the superior ePub and PDF formats) the O'Reilly Store: http://oreilly.com/ebooks.

Keith Fahlgren replied on January 13, 2009 15:03 to the idea "Community around the exercises" in O'Reilly Media:

A Haskell group has organized itself here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.l... (the author has joined that group)