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PDF is not ebook reader friendly because the format is designed for fixed layout publishing. If your book has a lot of examples where the layout of the page is important, or pictures/diagrams that need to be sufficiently large to make out the details, then PDF might be the appropriate format. If it's mostly text and some example SQL snippets, with some simple inline diagrams, then it'd be much better to publish in ePUB & mobi, which can be read well on basically any device as they're designed to be reflowable.
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However, I don't agree that using DRM will help to limit distribution of illegal copies. Since the OP's audience are tech-savvy, I suspect they'll either already know how to break DRM or get a free copy, or they'll be able to find out. I doubt DRM will have any impact on piracy in this instance. I've not seen anyone suggest that DRM is a useful legal tool before. Why do you say that? Is it because it's illegal to circumvent DRM in some jurisdictions? |
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Not necessarily. I've known some DBAs who knew SQL and various database servers inside out but wouldn't have been able to write such a script.
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Personally, I have several O'Reilly e-books. I don't have e-reader software installed on my work computer, but I do have a PDF viewer. I really appreciate the fact that they offer their ebooks in multiple formats, because it means that I can read a .mobi file on my Kindle, and keep a PDF on my work computer for reference. |
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The two primary eBook formats are ePub and Mobipocket. Go for those format and you'll have pretty much the entire market covered. PDF should be avoided like the plague! |
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If he ever did have to sue for any reason, having DRM on the work might be akin having a copyright notice on the printed page. The other party can't easily claim that they didn't know or have reason to think it wasn't a protected work. |
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I can see how having some form of protection would serve to give notice that it was a copyrighted work, but I would have thought a simple copyright notice would serve that purpose just as well. Am I wrong? Would having DRM on the work provide more legal weight than a copyright notice? I'd have thought not, since anything can have DRM applied, whether it is protected by copyright or not. |
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There are two sets of laws here (at least in the USA). Copyright and the DMCA (an extension to copyright that primarily deals with digital works). The DMCA gives additional legal avenues to people who use DRM. Anti-DRM circumvention is part of the DMCA. So if you use DRM you can sue for violation of copyright and for circumventing the DRM protecting the work. However many parts of the DMCA do not require the use of DRM to be used by a rights holder (take down notice for instance).
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The layout is important, that's what I would like to use PDF. PDF is not an ebook format, but will keep the layout and won't look bad. But I like the idea of start using the posts first and start compiling those for the book later. |
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Aware of that. Was thinking about people reading on their computers when I mentioned PDF. |
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