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any word on this coming out in pdf? thats the version I strongly prefer for my ebooks

Curious, why? I hate pdfs because of their fixed size. Whatever device I happen to use to view a pdf, it's always got a different size than I'd like... either too large (ok I can fix that by zooming out!), wrong proportions, or too small...

I like that it looks like the print book. I have dual screen and when it comes to tech books. I few the pdf fullscreen on one monitor while trying things out actively on another. when I'm on the go, it looks great on a ipad.

for novels where I'm reading for story, I use a kindle but for textbooks, I strongly prefer pdf

Hi, author here!

The HTML version can be "printed to PDF".

There is no "manually layouted" PDF available however. That requires manual typesetting the whole book, which is weeks or months of extra work. I will do that if I ever make it into a physical book. At that point an official PDF would also become available.

That said, many of my readers like having the HTML version in a window next to their code window. I think it is the best experience on a computer. On the iPad I would probably read the EPUB. But if you prefer PDF, then print the HTML version to PDF.

Have a nice day! /Karl Zylinski

While not a first class solution, the EPUB version of the book converts to PDF fairly well (I'm not noticing anything wrong). There are plenty of tools to do so.

I believe the issue is that things are not properly formatted, and does not look as good as it could. For text-only, EPUB is fine, otherwise I would rather prefer PDF, too.

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