# Reading Ruby Books on a Kindle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 10, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614 "2007-12-10T04:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gman327)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614/1 "2007-12-10T04:43:15Z")
I’ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of novels and I’m just wondering if anybody’s seen either books from Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most of my active reading so I’m interested just how useful this new device is with respect to technical books and it’s no secret that there’s an ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic format. ---
**Author:** ![gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gman327)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614/2 "2007-12-10T04:48:30Z")
I was just reading the product description on the amazon website and it says only 90,000 books are available. NINETY THOUSAND. Out of all the books that amazon has, how many of those 90,000 do you expect to be Ruby on Rails books? On Dec 10, 2007 2:09 PM, Robert N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > – Ryan B. > **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)** > > This domain may be for sale! ---
**Author:** ![gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gman327)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614/3 "2007-12-10T05:15:23Z")
On Dec 9, 7:39 pm, Robert N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of > novels and I’m just wondering if anybody’s seen either books from > Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on > the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most > of my active reading so I’m interested just how useful this new device > is with respect to technical books and it’s no secret that there’s an > ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic > format. you can try this one: [http://www.amazon.com/Rubyisms-Digital-Shortcut-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/B000P28WJO/ref=sr\_1\_48?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197260019&sr=1-48](http://www.amazon.com/Rubyisms-Digital-Shortcut-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/B000P28WJO/ref=sr_1_48?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197260019&sr=1-48) personally , after reading that diveintomark bit, I’m not really all that enthusiastic ---
**Author:** ![gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gman327)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614/4 "2007-12-10T05:24:44Z")
Well I believe it’s possible to convert regular PDF’s to the format the Kindle uses hence I expect a lot of the work by publishers that already provide ebooks such as manning and pragmatic programmers to be already available for the Kindle. I was just interested in hearing how readable these texts are on the device as the device is mainly targeted towards readers of non technical materials. ---
**Author:** ![gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gman327)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614/5 "2007-12-10T16:37:47Z")
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, Robert N. wrote: > I’ve not seen one myself but most of the book reading focuses of > novels and I’m just wondering if anybody’s seen either books from > Pragmatic Programmers or Manning Publications render successfully on > the new Amazon Kindle device? Technical books comprise of nearly most > of my active reading so I’m interested just how useful this new device > is with respect to technical books and it’s no secret that there’s an > ever increasing list of Ruby / Rails books produced in electronic > format. Ive been using the Nokia devices like the N800 to read ebooks in PDF format. Manning, Pragmatic Programmers, Apress and Friends of Ed all have technical books including a lot of the Ruby titles. The Linux-based N800 has a bright color 800x480 pixel screen, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, a web browser and lots of apps available for it. At $240 ([buy.com](http://buy.com)), its a great value compared to the $350 and limited functionality of the Amazon Kindle. I have a 4Gb miniSD card on which I can carry all the books and docs that I need. [http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n800](http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n800) – ---
**Author:** ![gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@gman327](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gman327)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-ruby-books-on-a-kindle/122614/6 "2007-12-10T17:03:12Z")
On 12/9/07, Robert N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Well I believe it’s possible to convert regular PDF’s to the format the > Kindle uses hence I expect a lot of the work by publishers that already > provide ebooks such as manning and pragmatic programmers to be already > available for the Kindle. I was just interested in hearing how readable > these texts are on the device as the device is mainly targeted towards > readers of non technical materials. Another concern is that you might not be able to get anything on the kindle depending on where you live: [http://www.bookofjoe.com/2007/12/amazon-kindle-a.html](http://www.bookofjoe.com/2007/12/amazon-kindle-a.html) There are sizable areas of the US which don’t have the necessary evdo coverage [http://evdomaps.com/](http://evdomaps.com/) Most are sparsely populated, but if you happen to live there… – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)