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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...

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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...

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.

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!)

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