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HTML 5 websockets free ebook

Any body know where I could get an ebook of HTML 5 Websocket and HTML 5 Tutorials? Since I have not been able to find any. Thanks in advance! ...

How to access hyperlinks in PDF documents (iPhone)?

Is it possible to get access to "internal" links in PDF documents using CGPDFDocument, or other means? I'm building a simple reader app and would like to deliver my content in PDF form, but if I can't support links between pages in the doc this probably isn't going to work. This question is similar, but does not address the issue of ho...

reflow text in PDF documents (iPhone, CGPDFDocumentRef)

I'm using CGPDFDocumentRef to render PDF content for an ebook app. This works great, but it seems to preclude allowing the user to read text in "landscape mode" by tilting the phone- I have no way to reflow the text to make use of the wider space. (Yes, I can scale the whole page to fit the new space, but that's not really helpful to t...

Can I create with LaTeX documents in the EPUB-format?

Is it possible to create a document for an ebook-reader in the EPUB-format with LaTeX/TeX? Which extension or program can be used? ...

M4B to MP3 by marker

How would I separate and convert an M4B into many MP3 files separated by marker? Windows or linux. Thanks in advance. ...

Legality of harvesting public websites in an opensource application

The question is about a free and open source product which allows users to catalog and organize their personal ebook collection. The book's info could be harvested from various websites (amazon, B&N, etc.) via ISBN queries. I was wondering if there are legal issues for developing such a product, in regards to violating "terms of use" of...

iPhone Book Application Help

Hello fellow programmers, What im tyring to create is an application the utilizes book features like when the user drags a touch or just touches the right screen the page turns, the book im trying to create has atleats 300 pages. What i need is a starting point on how to access the text data and display it on a view. When the user chang...

What is reading source on an ebook reader like?

There are a few open source projects I would really like to read through the code of to understand better / improve on. The problem is, for me, reading for a long time on the computer screen is tedious. I would love to be able to read code while lounging around and on a screen that was better on my eyes. Has anyone ever tried reading cod...

ebook reader for programming books?

Are the current ebook readers good enough for reading programming books (containing diagrams, source-code, screenshots, and so on)? How good are the search functions or the possibilities to set bookmarks, to use a book as a reference? I'd like to hear opinions of ebook reader owners to help me decide whether or not I should buy an ebook...

How to create ebook DRM reader and distribution platform?

My company has decided to develop ebook DRM platform. The platform does not have to be perfectly safe, but should be comparable to existing DRM platform. Software can be written in .NET or Java, both client and server-side. I am pretty much at dark on how I should approach this project and how DRM software really works. Any good tip on...

Learning C: Online resources

Can you point me to some online resources? I couldn't find any good. Also the resources shouldnt be too old. There also wasn't any SO question covering this. Or atleast I didn't find it. Edit: Practical approaches would be very nice too. Something like Real World Haskell but just for C. Is there something like this? Edit2: With "too ...

Any good free C++ Game Programming PDF

Are there any good and free C++ Game Programming eBooks for beginners? A PDF would be the best format. ...

what is the best language to process ebooks in different formats

I have a collection of ebooks in different formats (e.g pdf, lit, chm, and other), I would like to extract the first page of each book and have it in plain text. What would be the best language to do so? A portable language between Linux and XP would be a big plus. My prime candidates at the moments are Java and Ruby, mostly be...

is there any other open apis like open library api?

is there any other open apis like open library api? i want to get information about books/ebooks, like author, publisher, coverimage, etc. open library is fine. any other suggestions? ...

Developing ebooks- software?

I've written a few documents for friends or blogs on software testing, job hunting and android development. I've been toying with the idea of producing some programming-related ebooks. However, developing these in Word or OpenOffice seems too amateurish compared to some of the fantastically produced books out there. I'm proficient in ...

How can I learn ASP.NET?

I am an absolute beginner at ASP.NET. How can I learn it better? Currently I am reading ebooks. Can you suggest better ways, or other ways, I can learn ASP.NET? ...

What are the characteristics of effective, short technical eBooks?

I am writing a short (30-50) eBook on a technical subject. Similar to the Fridays from Pragmatic Programmers. What are the characteristics of effective, short technical eBooks? What are your favorite technical eBooks? Why are they your favorites? ...

Please suggest a good book on Drupal

Can somebody please suggest a comprehensive book on Drupal? It would be great if the book is available online (and free :) ) ...

Java/JVM for C++ programmer?

What books can you recommend for learning Java for a C++ programmer? Also what do you recommend to read for learning JVM features for using JVM-based languages effectively? ...

Open Source LaTeX environment for educational books?

Fully aware of the LaTeX features to define new environment allowing me to do about anything, I was wondering if there are Open Source packages that allows me to do book branding by predefining environments for examples, excursions, listings, question sections, etc. For example, have an example environment with a blue-ish background, sec...