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Change Message on Sony Reader to “Do not disconnect”

When I connect a Sony Reader to an USB port “USB connected” is shown on the Reader. When the Sony “Reader Library” software is started this message changes to “Do not disconnect”. I want to implement this in a software tool to. There seems to be no file locked. Perhaps it is done via ebookUsb.dll. Does anybody know how this is done from ...

eBooks available covering Delphi, Sql, Asp, C#, Html, Css ?

I am considering buying an ebook reader (from Sony if you want to know). Do you know of any sites where you can (legally preferable) download/buy ebooks covering Delphi, Sql, Asp, C#, Html, Css , ... ? It would be nice to have reference books available on my ebook reader when I am developing software and web sites. ...

Implementing page-flip-type animations in UIWebView on the iPhone

Hi, I'm using UIWebView on the iPhone to display EPUB content, but I'd like to simulate the page flipping 'experience' (display an animation of the page folding over) and then scrolling the content in my UIWebView down by the area of one screen -- effectively turning a page in reflowable non-paginated content. Should I stop dreaming, or ...

Does a PHP library exist to work with PRC/.mobi files?

I'm writing a WordPress plugin to create an eBook from a selected category in most major eBook formats. I would like to support MobiPocket since that's the format used by the Kindle but I'm not sure how to go about it. From what I've read .mobi files are actually Palm Resource Databases (PRC) but I haven't been able to find a PHP class t...

Do you Know foundations reading library? I ask about foundations reading story library.

There is really Bayview high school in the U,S and there are many teachers such as Mr. Harris and Ms. Ho. So are most students in foundations reading library real people in the U.S? And I also want know foundations reading library's background? Is it 2000 's? Is it 1990 's? ...

ebook for directshow programming

hello i am developing image capture application using directshow.net library. i want to know that is there any ebook available for directshow programming? if available then please provide me the list of it. thanks & regards, rahul. ...

How to produce a read only iphone app like a book

I'm new here to stackoverflow, so bear with me. I have a book that I wrote, that I would like to have available as an iPhone app. All I want it to do is just show my content. I have done some work putting my book into excel, then into a csv format for importing into a database, so the content is all organized ok, and is in fairly accessi...

free ebooks or links recommendation for learning Charts using silverlight

free ebooks or links recommendation for learning Charts using silverlight ...

How to add an "Export to ebook" feature to a site?

How could i add to a blog or site in general a feature that let users export the content to epub format or some other open ebook formats? It's not a feature that i normally see on most of the site i browse every day (some has export to pdf that is not great as ebook format), do you think it is feasible? I own an ebook reader and readin...

Modify python USB device driver to only use vendor_id and product_id, excluding BCD

I'm trying to modify the Android device driver for calibre (an e-book management program) so that it identifies devices by only vendor id and product id, and excludes BCD. The driver is a fairly simply python plugin, and is currently set up to use all three numbers, but apparently, when Android devices use custom Android builds (ie Cy...

Is the iPad "page turn" transition included in the SDK?

Is there a "page turn" transition included in the iPad SDK that I can use? Or is that all coded by hand with core graphics? ...

Should I use UIWebView or UITextView to display text in an e-book reader app?

I want to make an e-book reader iPhone app. Should I use UITextView or UIWebView to display the text? Which control is used by other e-book readers? ...

Can I save my app's state at close time in iPhone OS?

I have an app that functions much like an ebook. I have a bunch of textual information in various languages that is accessible through a number of drill down methods. When a user wants to get into where they were reading last, they currently have to navigate through the section and chapter menus to get back to where they were. An ideal s...

Freely available eBooks for CEH

I am planning to prepare for CEH certification. I am sure there will be plenty of CEH @ StackOverflow. Please suggest me some freely available / downloadable eBooks. You can also suggest some good books even if it not free. ...

How to break up HTML documents into pages for ebook?

For an iPhone ebook application I need to break arbitrarily long HTML documents up into pages which fit exactly on one screen. If I simply use UIWebView for this, the bottom-most lines tend to get displayed only partly: the rest disappears off the edge of the view. So I assume I would need to know how many complete lines (or characters)...

Good book for Android game development

What is the best book or online resource for Android game development? ...

Ebook Page flipper in Javascript

Hi, I'm looking for an e-book reader/displayer similar to the technology used at flashpage (http://www.flashpageflip.com/Online-Demo.asp) but in Javascript? Any ideas/links much appriciated! Thanks ...

Good tool to convert sourcecode to PDF?

I've a daunting task of getting familiair and possibly re-architecting large pieces of old source code. I was hoping there would be a nice tool to convert php (in my case), but let's make it more general: any language to PDF, for offline browsing on a Kindle or Ipad Would be ideal if it would create indexes / hyperlinks automatically. ...

eBook or Actual Book?

As a new programmer, in your experienced opinions - what is smarter, buying the actual book or learning it directly off your computer screen via pdf? ...

creating an ebook, best way to go about it?

Hey guys So lets say I have a word document. It is a training manual. I wanna create an ebook out of this. But the thing is, it needs to have an interactive session. For example, the table of contents will have clickable links that follow to that specific part of the chapter. So I am at a loss on how to approach this. Should I get my...