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Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by bagosm on Monday October 08, 2012 @09:00AM (#4626619)
Is there any decent review about this? I'd rather read a good review than know that something I dont care about is cheaper for a limited time.
Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by fekberg on Monday October 08, 2012 @09:06AM (#4626640)
There are the Reviews on Amazon Us ( http://www.amazon.com/C-Smorgasbord-Filip-Ekberg/product-rev... ) and Amazon UK ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1468152106/ref=dp_to... )

Other than that there's a DZone article with an interview with me here http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/meet-author-c-smorgasbord

Hope that helps, if you have any questions about the book feel free to ask!

Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by kpeel on Monday October 08, 2012 @09:19AM (#4626692)
Is there an eBook only version?
Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by fekberg on Monday October 08, 2012 @09:21AM (#4626699)
Yes, there's an ebook bundle that includes PDF, ePub and Mobi available here: http://books.filipekberg.se/#ebooks

It's also available on Kindle here: http://www.amazon.com/C-Smorgasbord-ebook/dp/B008Z4TOPK/ref=...

Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by jbperry on Monday October 08, 2012 @12:57PM (#4627721)
In the preview of the text version, the code formatting looks good. In the preview for the Kindle version, the code formatting looks awful.

This is the number one problem I look for in programming ebooks.

Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by fekberg on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @03:06AM (#4630357)
That's because the Kindle previewer uses one of the oldest Mobipocket/Kindle viewers to generate the preview.

I've worked a lot on trying to make the content look as good as possible on all possible Kindle versions, the later Kindle versions support HTML5/CSS3 which makes it very easy to make it look like the Print/PDF version.

Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by jbperry on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @12:58PM (#4632647)
Good to know. I bought it.

On the Nexus 7 the formatting is good. Even on the smallest font, you can't get much code on the screen. But most of the code snippets are small and it works.

On the Kindle for PC app it looks great.

On the Cloud Reader (read.amazon.com) it is still awful.And maybe there is nothing you can do about that.

Anyway, thanks for all the hard work. Look forward to reading it.

Re:Get 35% discount on C# Smorgasbord [Book] by fekberg on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @05:07PM (#4633946)
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the read. I'm glad to hear it looks good on Nexus 7! Unfortunately there's not much to do about it, since it lacks support for a lot of things that is needed to make the typesetting for a programming book good.