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Keith Fahlgren started following the idea "Fonts in Books" in O'Reilly Media.

A comment on the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

@ferrelld25: We not happy enough with the quality of the outputs from PDF->Mobi tools to sell those files to our customers, but if you prefer the results please feel free to repurpose our PDFs (ePubs & Mobis) into whatever format best suits your needs. – Keith Fahlgren, on December 03, 2008 14:06

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Keith Fahlgren started following the question "Is there a list detailing upcoming kindle supported titles?" in O'Reilly Media.

A comment on the idea "Please make your titles available through Kindle!" in O'Reilly Media:

bdbaddog: The title lists are available here: http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/07/30-ore... – Keith Fahlgren, on July 15, 2008 20:11

Keith Fahlgren replied on July 15, 2008 19:03 to the idea "Please make your titles available through Kindle!" in O'Reilly Media:

We've now started releasing titles as eBooks, as you've requested: http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/07/30-ore...

Keith Fahlgren replied on July 15, 2008 19:03 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

We've now started releasing titles as eBooks, as you've requested: http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/07/30-ore...

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Keith Fahlgren replied on June 30, 2008 16:39 to the idea "Please make your titles available through Kindle!" in O'Reilly Media:

Here's the last update on our end: http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/06/select...

Keith Fahlgren replied on June 30, 2008 16:38 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

Here's the last update on our end:
http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/06/select...

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A comment on the question "Would you author reusable content in XML?" in O'Reilly Media:

Guy: With the release of oXygen XML Author 9.2, I think the landscape for DocBook editors specifically is getting easier. oXygen's support and integration of validation, on-the-fly rendering, Subversion, XIncludes, and Schematron are really pushing it to the front of the pack. I do think they'll need feedback from their new customers (many of whom struggle with styles, as you suggest) on the way in which their UI can become more easily managed, but they seem to be a good part of the way there.

One final word of advice: Whatever you do, never compromise on validity. If you say you're only accepting DocBook 5.0 documents, for example, make sure you _never_ accept an invalid document or allow it to become invalid during your workflow (it's just a slippery slope). – Keith Fahlgren, on May 15, 2008 13:58

Keith Fahlgren replied on May 05, 2008 17:51 to the idea "Please make your titles available through Kindle!" in O'Reilly Media:

Viren: Font support isn't a publisher problem, it's a device (Kindle problem).

I would be surprised if converting the PDFs with the Amazon converter yields acceptable results (mainly because of the font problems). We hope to provide .mobi files for many of our titles, which should sidestep the need for customers to convert PDF files themselves.