Tag: E-book

• Amazon getting their act together on Kindle quality?

  Just received this email: Hello, We are happy to announce that an updated version of your past Kindle purchase of Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software by Elecia White is now available. The version you received had the following issues that have been corrected: Significant editorial issues were present. Before you update to…

  Adrian McMenamin

  December 11, 2012

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  Amazon Kindle, computer science books, E-book, Embedded system

• Don’t buy a Kindle to read maths or computer science books

  In the last twenty-four hours I have been forced to completely reassess my view of the Kindle. I have been reading a book (I won’t say what as I want to make the comments below anonymous) on a Kindle (the device, not an application – see below), and was resigned to the usual second class Kindle…

  Adrian McMenamin

  August 15, 2012

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  Amazon, Amazon Kindle, E-book, Kindle, Mac OS

• More thoughts on the Kindle

  I made pretty extensive use of my Kindle this last fortnight – and the ability to order a book and have it delivered more or less instantaneously was great when it came to getting hold of Information and Coding Theory. But a few gripes remain. It’s plain that publishers do not put the same effort…

  Adrian McMenamin

  August 12, 2012

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  Amazon Kindle, amazon.com, E-book