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Thanks, I really want to get serious with that language seeing all the praise from people around. I have began to do some small things with it and it feels like

Thanks, I really want to get serious with that language seeing all the praise from people around. I have began to do some small things with it and it feels like a great language ( I love the no makefile idea !) My only regret is that this format makes it really hard to print in one motion. Could you provide a link for a PDF version? The animal on the cover looks really hilarious too!

trustfundbaby 14y ago
yes, please provide a pdf version (free or paid, doesn't matter for me) ... oftentimes authors will make a kindle version of the book for sale on Amazon and forget to put out a pdf.
- aristus 14y ago
  I am an author (not of this book) and I very occasionally get an email asking for PDFs. Maybe one in a thousand sales are PDF. Since it doesn't come up that often I've never bothered with setting up a paid system; I just send them a link and ask nicely for a few bucks via PayPal. Where do most people go to buy PDFs? Is it really a large-enough market to worry about?
  - elemeno 14y ago
    Lulu? At least that's the only place I've specifically bought a PDF - then I found out that it's wrapped in some horrible Adobe DRM (if there are any ways to remove this, I'd love to know). I don't begrudge the money, I just wish I could read it in Preview.app rather than Adobe Digital Reader or what ever it's called - it doesn't scroll smoothly, only page wise which is a massive pain when there's lots of diagrams. Other than that, all the ebooks I've bought from individual storefronts, often from having seen them on HN, have come as a PDF/epub/mobi bundle to work on any device.
    - donatzsky 14y ago
      Install Calibre and then follow the instructions here: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ If it's not DRM protected, but rather a "secure" PDF, you'll need some other tools that can remove the owner password. About.com has a list here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/pdf-password-remover.htm http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/pdf-passwor...
      - jwn 14y ago
        Please don't password protect PDFs for books. It makes it a huge pain in the ass to actually read. I'd much rather you do what the Pragmatic Bookshelf does and just embed our name into the PDF.
        ConstantineXVI 14y ago
        As far as I can tell, O'Reilly doesn't even do that. I've even strings(1)'d them and found nothing.
  - Kaizyn 14y ago
    I grab PDF copies for all the technical books I buy from O'Reilly, PragProg, Manning Books, and Apress.
  - gizzlon 14y ago
    Don't know, but I find it a great way to read on laptops & desktops. Of course, a nice html would work as well, but that's rare. (also, the pdf reader in KDE remembers what page you're on and lets you annotate etc..)
  - thedeuce 14y ago
    I never buy books that don't have pdf version ;(
- dallmeyer 14y ago
  It's not pretty, but here's a PDF version I compiled from saving each web page as a PDF and then concatenating all of them. http://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=Download&File=401e1a91015ecdf7a5676e5465010325 http://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=Download&File=40...
cdoxsey 14y ago
Ok, I added a PDF: http://www.golang-book.com/assets/pdf/gobook.pdf http://www.golang-book.com/assets/pdf/gobook.pdf

trustfundbaby 14y ago

yes, please provide a pdf version (free or paid, doesn't matter for me) ... oftentimes authors will make a kindle version of the book for sale on Amazon and forget to put out a pdf.

aristus 14y ago
I am an author (not of this book) and I very occasionally get an email asking for PDFs. Maybe one in a thousand sales are PDF. Since it doesn't come up that often I've never bothered with setting up a paid system; I just send them a link and ask nicely for a few bucks via PayPal. Where do most people go to buy PDFs? Is it really a large-enough market to worry about?
- elemeno 14y ago
  Lulu? At least that's the only place I've specifically bought a PDF - then I found out that it's wrapped in some horrible Adobe DRM (if there are any ways to remove this, I'd love to know). I don't begrudge the money, I just wish I could read it in Preview.app rather than Adobe Digital Reader or what ever it's called - it doesn't scroll smoothly, only page wise which is a massive pain when there's lots of diagrams. Other than that, all the ebooks I've bought from individual storefronts, often from having seen them on HN, have come as a PDF/epub/mobi bundle to work on any device.
  - donatzsky 14y ago
    Install Calibre and then follow the instructions here: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ If it's not DRM protected, but rather a "secure" PDF, you'll need some other tools that can remove the owner password. About.com has a list here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/pdf-password-remover.htm http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/pdf-passwor...
    - jwn 14y ago
      Please don't password protect PDFs for books. It makes it a huge pain in the ass to actually read. I'd much rather you do what the Pragmatic Bookshelf does and just embed our name into the PDF.
      - ConstantineXVI 14y ago
        As far as I can tell, O'Reilly doesn't even do that. I've even strings(1)'d them and found nothing.
- Kaizyn 14y ago
  I grab PDF copies for all the technical books I buy from O'Reilly, PragProg, Manning Books, and Apress.
- gizzlon 14y ago
  Don't know, but I find it a great way to read on laptops & desktops. Of course, a nice html would work as well, but that's rare. (also, the pdf reader in KDE remembers what page you're on and lets you annotate etc..)
- thedeuce 14y ago
  I never buy books that don't have pdf version ;(
dallmeyer 14y ago
It's not pretty, but here's a PDF version I compiled from saving each web page as a PDF and then concatenating all of them. http://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=Download&File=401e1a91015ecdf7a5676e5465010325 http://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=Download&File=40...

cdoxsey 14y ago

Ok, I added a PDF: http://www.golang-book.com/assets/pdf/gobook.pdf http://www.golang-book.com/assets/pdf/gobook.pdf