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

[Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>]

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

Can it simulate a passive eInk-Display? ;-)

> Alexander.
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>>        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).
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>>>> I'm in US - is Feisty Duck the only store that sells it?
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>>> I'm surprised that there is no Kindle edition on Amazon.
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>>> Alexander.
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>>>> On 7/31/11 7:10 PM, Will Metcalf wrote:
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> http://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua
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>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Will
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>>>>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Marc Balmer<marc@msys.ch>    wrote:
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>>>>>> 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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