Ask HN: What's the best technical eBook you have read?

Re:Ask HN: What's the best technical eBook you have read? by lylejohnson on Monday July 07, 2014 @02:32PM (#8000488)

Am I the only one who's curious why the poster specified an "eBook" instead of just "book"?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best technical eBook you have read? by zokier on Monday July 07, 2014 @02:37PM (#8000511)

Technical content tends to be more picky about layout etc than prose, which can be an issue for e-readers. Also some technical books suffer from the lack of ability to quickly browse and jump from one page to another.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best technical eBook you have read? by infinii on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @03:34AM (#8008483)

Very good point about jumping around in technical books. I rarely read any tech books for this reason. eBooks are better suited for casual reading which is done front to back. Tech/reference books suffer on eReaders due to poor navigation and insufficient linking.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best technical eBook you have read? by grayclhn on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:18PM (#8000751)

OP may be writing an ebook and wants good examples to emulate.

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