Show HN: Build a Kindle book of PG's essays

Re:Show HN: Build a Kindle book of PG's essays by phreeza on Sunday November 18, 2012 @08:05AM (#4800518)

I did a script like this a while back, and asked pg before releasing it. He asked me not to do it so I refrained.

edit: just checked my email, i actually asked him about putting up the epub, not the script. but same difference I suppose.

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Re:Show HN: Build a Kindle book of PG's essays by reitzensteinm on Sunday November 18, 2012 @08:56AM (#4800569)

I can't speak for how pg feels, but that is a very different kettle of fish.

In your case, you'd have been modifying and distributing his content, rather than providing users a tool for consuming content they have obtained directly from pg.

Think hosting mirrored ad free sites vs creating AdBlock.

He might still have a problem with this (if only because of server load), and it would have been a good idea to check first, but your experience isn't evidence one way or another.

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