ebooks and pdf?

[omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Chris O'Connell)]

oh yeah, O'Reilly allows for downloads in PDF, EPUB, MOBI and one other
format, all DRM free.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> Calibre can convert either Mobi (Amazon's format) or EPUB (the one BN chose
> to standardize on).  EPUB books are also available from the public library
> for download.  EPUB seems to be a more standardized format.
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> On 04/12/2011 06:31 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>> > There is a book I am interested in, and it is available in ebook
>> > format.    I'm new to the ebook scene.   What options are there to
>> > convert it to pdf if I want to view it on my linux laptop?   I don't
>> > have any interest, at this time, of investing in an ebook reader (such
>> > as Kindle, etc).
>> >
>> > Thanks for any education the list can provide.
>> >
>> Just one addition here, what ebook format. Amazon's Kindle has their
>> proprietary format. B&N has another format.
>>
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