Smashing Node.JS book is out.

Re:Smashing Node.JS book is out. by cirotix on Sunday September 16, 2012 @06:11PM (#4530552)

Minus the fact that there are some DRM in the Kindle books which is rather anoying.

PDF is an open standard, the Kindle format is not.

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Re:Smashing Node.JS book is out. by kika on Sunday September 16, 2012 @06:29PM (#4530600)

Kindle DRM doesn't annoy me at all. I'm not annoyed by just the existence of some technology, I'm annoyed if this technology hurts my ability to do what I want to do. I do want to read books on iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC and Kindle. I'm able to. If I wanted to steal books I could have been annoyed, but I don't want to.

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Re:Smashing Node.JS book is out. by prodigal_erik on Sunday September 16, 2012 @07:33PM (#4530758)

1984 demonstrated that your ability depends on the continued goodwill and competence of Amazon, who reserved for themselves the power to steal any of your Kindle store purchases.

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Re:Smashing Node.JS book is out. by goldfeld on Sunday September 16, 2012 @09:58PM (#4531045)

That case was so ironic I thought you were referring to George Orwell there for a minute.

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Re:Smashing Node.JS book is out. by pattern on Monday September 17, 2012 @12:21AM (#4531319)

For those such as myself that didn't catch the reference, nor hear about this the first time around: "Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle" [1].

[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18ama...

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Re:Smashing Node.JS book is out. by jamesbritt on Sunday September 16, 2012 @09:21PM (#4530964)

Luckily there are easy to use tools to remove Kindle DRM and treat the book as if it were something you bought.

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