[Lazarus] English lazarus book available.

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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:04, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 31/05/2011 09:43, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
> > The main argument contra - as I recall it - was that PDFs can be
> illegally
> > copied, and this was used to wipe away all the possible advantages.
>
> True, I guess. I much prefer PDF (because they keep the original
> formatting), but I guess an alternative could be EPUB books with the
> dreaded DRM enabled.
>

I have several ebooks that I bought from the pragmatic bookstore. They are
DRM free pdf, that I can actually copy paste the PDF.
Some have my name inside (part of the generating process) and some are
without, but no DRM.


> If somebody is stupid enough to give away what they purchased with their
> hard earner money, I guess they are the fools. This still doesn't
> improve the concern of the editor/publisher I guess. :-(
>
> I can say that [where possible], I re-purchased all my printed books in
> ebook format. And now that I have them in ebook format, and noticed how
> convenient it is, I don't know if I will ever purchase a printed book
> again. Though I will miss sitting Sunday afternoons in Borders or
> Waterstones, sipping a coffee while paging through my next purchase. :)
>

I use PDF both on my phone (not that convenient to read) and my laptop, and
it's much easier for me to use it digitally then with paper. I also prefer
to have it digital rather then as paper, but I do not want any DRM
limitation. Because the DRM is limiting also the environment where to use
it, for example your iPad (why Apple ?!), Kindle etc...
If they really like to, they can generate each copy with the name of the
person who bought it as part of the PDF, so you can know if someone had
copied it.


>
>
> > But I do not exclude that it will still happen.
>
> I'll be crossing my fingers then. ;-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>  - Graeme -
>


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