Posted by brian d foy on August 6, 2010
We’re looking for some reader feedback. You can comment here, send us mail, reply on Twitter, skywrite your message in Chicago (please send us a link to that video in case we miss it), or come up to us at a conference. We’re thinking about writing an extra, bonus chapter of Effective Perl Programming for [...]
Posted by brian d foy on July 8, 2010
I just found out that Effective Perl Programming is available in digital formats through eBooks.com. They have a PDF version and an ePub version, each for $US31.99, which, sadly, is more than the hard-copy price of $US26.39 on Amazon.com and the Kindle price of $US17.59. They specifically list that these formats target Adobe Digital Editions, [...]
Posted by brian d foy on May 28, 2010
Here are some images from the Kindle version (on an iPad) of Effective Perl Programming. It doesn’t look bad considering how bad most other non-novels look on Kindle, and its readable. These are two non-consecutive pages: The paragraphs are nicely separated and it’s easier for you to see what is code and what isn’t. The [...]
Posted by brian d foy on May 23, 2010
Effective Perl Programming is now available in a Kindle edition: I bought it, not being a big fan of Kindle, and was surprised that it doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would on the Kindle app on the iPad (it looks similar on the iPhone and Kindle for Mac): There are some oddities, [...]