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New (EPub) Ebooks Have Different, Less Readable Typeface

Asked by CarlJParker : 27 September 2012 - 05:17 PM

Answered by rachel.j : Oct 15 2012 01:22 PM
Hi Carl, I checked with our ebooks team about this, and we're not sure why this is happening. We actually purposefully do not specify a custom font for body text. We use the generic serif, so tha... full answer >
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Bought e-book, may I put it on lap top and my kindle?

Asked by Allison_483 : 29 July 2012 - 02:33 AM

Answered by rachel.j : Jul 30 2012 05:51 AM
Hi Allison, Thanks for asking! Yes, you will be able to do this. Right now this ebook is only available as a PDF, but more formats will become available soon. When you purchase an ebook from ore... full answer >
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Unable to download the purchased ebooks.

Asked by shiva krishna k : 22 May 2012 - 01:45 AM

Answered by rachel.j : May 24 2012 06:33 AM
Hi Shiva, Thanks for writing us about this, and I'm sorry to hear that the download isn't working for you. Are you getting the error when you try to visit Your Products page or from the actua... full answer >
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Asked by fbpdeveloper : 24 October 2011 - 10:50 AM

Answered by darrensmith1 : Apr 20 2013 03:04 AM
Are you know O'reilly books are very famous and mostly used in all of the professional information technology/computer science based study.The books which are too famous how can that will be free ... full answer >
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ebooks - How many downloads permitted?

Asked by HGillespie : 19 October 2011 - 07:45 AM

Answered by Michele Milesi : Oct 19 2011 11:55 AM
You have a lifetime illimited access to your ebooks full answer >
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Upgrade to Kindle edition

Asked by neilhu : 05 October 2011 - 09:15 AM

Answered by ysoliman : Oct 17 2011 10:43 PM
Hi, If you have the book as an EPub or PDF, you can put them straight on to your Kindle by plugging it in and dragging the file into the "documents" folder. Mobi files also work with Kind... full answer >
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Fixed fonts on sony readers

Asked by illusioni : 19 August 2011 - 08:11 PM

Answered by Adam Witwer : Aug 23 2011 05:27 AM
Hi Klaus, Thanks for your feedback. It is very helpful. Optimizing the EPUB CSS for best display across the wide array of devices and reading systems is very challenging. The fixed width font does in... full answer >
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How to read Kindle books on BlackBerry PlayBook

By BrianSawyer : 11 July 2011 - 06:13 AM
On September 27, 2010, Amazon "announced that it will launch a Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer." It's still not here, and that's the reason my PlayBook is ...
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How to update ebooks in itunes?

Asked by JBMII : 07 March 2011 - 07:01 PM

Answered by macnlos : Mar 08 2011 11:39 AM
I haven't found a smooth way to do this. I usually will remove, sync, re-add, sync the books. This is a pain to do and it happens a lot when you buy rough-cuts. I've been doing some searchi... full answer >
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How SEO relates to the Google eBookstore

By macslocum : 06 December 2010 - 08:05 AM
The connection between search engine optimization (SEO) and Google's just-launched ebook outlet isn't all that obvious, but here's why it matters. Let's use O'Reilly's title "Cooking for Geeks" as ...
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