Re: electronic copy of "Programming in Lua, Second Edition" textbook on the net

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:48, Dimiter "malkia" Stanev <malkia@gmail.com> wrote:
>        I wish I had Kindle, but I do have iPad and Android phone :)

Well, there is a free Kindle app for each of them AFAIR. (Not that I
used it :-) )

Alexander.

>        If nothing else I'll buy it from the store above.
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> On 8/1/11 1:44 AM, Alexander Gladysh wrote:
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>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:30, Dimiter "malkia" Stanev<malkia@gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
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>>> I actually want to buy the book (electronic PDF copy).
>>>
>>> I'm in US - is Feisty Duck the only store that sells it?
>>
>> I'm surprised that there is no Kindle edition on Amazon.
>>
>> Alexander.
>>
>>> On 7/31/11 7:10 PM, Will Metcalf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> and if there was an electronic version on sale, I would long
>>>>> have bought it.
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>>>> You can buy an electronic copy of this book.
>>>>
>>>> http://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Will
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Marc Balmer<marc@msys.ch>    wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 18.07.11 15:04, schrieb Vadim Peretokin:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's rather distasteful.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a sidenote only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since many of you are coming to Switzerland later this year, let me
>>>>> explain you an interesting facet of Swiss law.  In Switzerland,
>>>>> downloads are legal.  We can legally download movies, musics, or in
>>>>> this
>>>>> case books, that someone puts online.  It does not matter if the
>>>>> publication itself was legal.  The pure act of downloading a
>>>>> copyrighted
>>>>> work is legal here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, publishing of such work is prohibited.  But we are allowed
>>>>> to
>>>>> shared content of any matter with friends and family.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the conclusion?  I have now legally obtained an electronic copy
>>>>> of a book I already bought four or five times in print (for myself, my
>>>>> company, for friends etc.) and I admit that this comes in as a handy
>>>>> reference for my personal use.  I have no intent to circulate this
>>>>> file,
>>>>> of course, and if there was an electronic version on sale, I would long
>>>>> have bought it.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, distasteful or not, in some legislations, downloading the file in
>>>>> question is perfectly legal.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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