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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...

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

Thank you for taking this step, is there anything we can do to encourage Amazon to support monospace fonts, I have noticed this is a real problem with more technical material? – mdcfrancis, on July 01, 2008 22:55

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 "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

We've proposed that to Amazon, and will continue to suggest it, but they are the folks you need to be asking about this. They seem pretty intent on providing content that they control, and I think they see Safari as a competitor. But we'd jump on this.

That being said, all of the same issues discussed previously, about the Kindle's lack of monospace font support, apply to Safari on the kindle. – timoreilly, on May 13, 2008 00:46

Ali replied on May 13, 2008 00:42 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

I see a lot of replies of getting O'Reilly books on the Kindle, but what about Safari? I wouldn't mind paying an extra 5 dollars or so a month just to access a Safari account from the Kindle.

Scott Fleckenstein replied on April 29, 2008 14:29 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

@Keith: Thanks for the update! It's comforting to know that there is a technical reason why I can't carry around all of my tech books in my pack with me rather than a political one regarding openness of format.

I'd prefer be able to make the proprietary/open choice, but I'd rather have proprietary and closed than nothing at all :)

I'll go make my voice heard with the kindle team!

rodbegbie replied on April 29, 2008 13:42 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

@Keith: Thanks for that explanation. It makes a lot of sense. I'm emailing kindle-feedback to add my vote for a monospace font.

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Keith Fahlgren replied on April 28, 2008 23:06 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

@rodbegbie: One of the remaining problems preventing a full adoption of the Kindle from technical publishers like O'Reilly is the lack of any fixed-width ("monospace", Courier) font on the Kindle. We've figured out ways around most of the other constraints, but we're reluctant to sell our content without the ability to present programming code properly (no carriage returns, spacing, vertical alignment).

rodbegbie replied on April 28, 2008 19:57 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

Has there been any headway made on this front yet? I've only been using my Kindle for a week, and the thought of having to cart around heavy unsearchable technical books already seems like a relic of a bygone era!

There are a bunch of ORA books that I already have in dead-tree that I'd be happy to pay-for again for my Kindle. (I'm deadly serious about this -- Of the four books I've purchased so far on my Kindle, I'd already owned-but-not-read three in deadtree!)

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mdcfrancis replied on January 10, 2008 01:06 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

I for one would like to see all your books on the Kindle. I have corporate access to safari, but still find myself buying books. I see this happening less if they are not available on kindle

DavidR replied on January 03, 2008 20:44 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

Tim, thanks for your thoughts. While I would prefer unfettered pdf, (i) at least one of my favorite O'Reilly authors oppose it and (ii) pdf is a disaster (formatting) on the Sony Reader. The Amazon Kindle is a much more useable product. Please don't hold out on principle -- take my money so I can enjoy the books now.

bdbaddog replied on December 30, 2007 08:23 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

I have a sony ebook reader (same size and type of screen as kindle), The pages in oreilly pdf's aren't formated for that size page, so while you can read half a page at a time in landscape mode, it's really a pain. Also there are a number of ways to translate .pdf -> .lrf which I beleive kindle supports.

The main issue will be formating the .pdf or whatever format for a smaller "page".

oreillyloffland replied on December 16, 2007 19:06 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

I would love to see support for Safari Online, it would be an amazing reason to keep my Safari subscription, since I tend to get eye strain and stop reading..

count blech replied on December 05, 2007 04:48 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

I too am very interested in either oreilly books on kindle, safari on kindle, or better, both.
Right now, my safari acct is canceled, as I did not read from my laptop enough to make it useful. However, with a Kindle, I'd see new use there...

Tobias Fingerson replied on December 02, 2007 10:19 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

You can put PDF files on the Kindle device. The only thing is that it may not look the same if it's a fancy PDF. It's more for basic PDF files. They say it's not supported because you'll probably have some minor grammatical errors. You just have to e-mail it to the device since every device comes with it's own e-mail address outside of the one you use for your Amazon.com account.

Greg Pyles replied on December 01, 2007 16:01 to the question "Kindle support?" in O'Reilly Media:

I have not purchased a Kindle yet but if I do the main reason would be to read tech books. I have a Safari subscription but find I seldom read an entire book because I do not enjoy reading for long sessions on my laptop.

If the Kindle turns out to be an enjoyable reading experience I would love to be able to have access to an large library ot technical books whenever I need to get caught up with new subject matter.

Having both the hardcover and Kindle versions would not be necessary for me since I would hope that the Kindle version could be a sort of subscription where it would stay up to date with corrections and other types uf updated material!

-Greg

PS: I 'read' all of my fiction via Audible. But I need to really 'read' my tech!

timoreilly, an employee of O'Reilly Media, replied on November 30, 2007 16:12 to the question "Kindle support?":

We're trying to get our hands on a kindle. Amazon wouldn't give us one in advance to try out. So we ordered one as soon as they became available, but the one we ordered arrived DOA. So we're waiting for another one.