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jocampo · 05-23-2014, 07:46 PM

I buy most of my computer books from Amazon. Today, I didn't. I bought the same book from Microsoft Press just because it comes with PDF as well.

Boy! The MS press, which technically speaking is the same book, looks like crap, especially the TSQL code. Here's an example:

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And this is Amazon's sample:

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The MS version has italic and the font is "busy". The SQL code is in ugly pink.

To me, it seems Amazon is doing extra coding?

How I can fix this, via Calibre? The book is DRM free.

05-23-2014, 07:46 PM	#1
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	Does Amazon do some extra formatting on their books? I buy most of my computer books from Amazon. Today, I didn't. I bought the same book from Microsoft Press just because it comes with PDF as well. Boy! The MS press, which technically speaking is the same book, looks like crap, especially the TSQL code. Here's an example: And this is Amazon's sample: The MS version has italic and the font is "busy". The SQL code is in ugly pink. To me, it seems Amazon is doing extra coding? How I can fix this, via Calibre? The book is DRM free.