Make magazine, digital edition is online only.

Hellmark · 08-24-2009, 04:12 PM

This past weekend, for my birthday, I subscribed to Make magazine, after many years drooling over it. One of the things that sold me was the "digital edition" option. I know they previously made PDFs available, and since it is an O'Reilly published magazine, I figured digital edition meant an ebook. Pay my money, and low and behold, the digital edition is download only, requiring you to read through a browser. What a let down.

rcuadro · 08-24-2009, 04:13 PM

It happens

Moejoe · 08-24-2009, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellmark

This past weekend, for my birthday, I subscribed to Make magazine, after many years drooling over it. One of the things that sold me was the "digital edition" option. I know they previously made PDFs available, and since it is an O'Reilly published magazine, I figured digital edition meant an ebook. Pay my money, and low and behold, the digital edition is download only, requiring you to read through a browser. What a let down.

That sucks, and especially since O'Reilly is such a pusher of ePub.

Hellmark · 08-24-2009, 04:19 PM

Yeah, I figured, it is O'Reilly, and that they'd previously had downloadable copies available, that it would be something I could drop on my reader.

AlfonsVH · 08-24-2009, 04:28 PM

PDFs can be found on the darknetz (usenet). And since you are a subscriber, it may even be semi-legal to download them.

nomesque · 08-24-2009, 04:37 PM

Write to them and whine. You never know, it might yield results!?

Hellmark · 08-24-2009, 04:47 PM

Nomesque, already done, and they said that I basically as SOL, and it was up to some other company as far as how it was released. I am not home, but will post the email when I get there.

AlfonsVH, That is one instance where I would not disagree with piracy. I opted for their premium service, so I could have access to the backlogs in digital form, purely because I wanted it for my reader.

Hellmark · 08-24-2009, 05:46 PM

Sorry, for the doublepost, but, got a copy of the email here.

Quote:

Hi Keith,
Texterity handles the production of the digital edition of Make magazine. The download option is not an option that this title supports. The tutorial is a generic tutorial geared towards all the digital editions. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Thank you for contacting Texterity.
Sharon Ornell
Texterity, Inc.
144 Turnpike Road
Southborough, MA 01772 USA

nomesque · 08-24-2009, 06:35 PM

Hmmm... if they've given the impression that it's available in ebook format, then you're probably within your rights to request a refund.

Hellmark · 08-24-2009, 06:41 PM

I still want the paper form, but I nearly got the digital only subscription. Glad I didn't now.

Sonist · 08-24-2009, 07:14 PM

Yeah, I wish more magazines go the PDF route. If they did offer PDFs, instead of the useless Zinio, or this Texterity cr@p, I'd subscribe to more....

I did just subscribe to Scientific American's digital only edition, and I like it a lot. They let you download PDFs, and not just for the current issues, but from their archive as well.

Now I am waiting for a large screen reader, which can do PDF well.

sircastor · 01-04-2010, 02:55 PM

Hey folks. I know I'm 5 months too late for this thread, but I wonder if anyone has done anything additionally with MAKE. While the digital edition is not available as an ebook, you can print out copies from the digital edition - the whole thing. In that light, I was experimenting this morning with trying to get a printed PDF (with text) out into an epub format. I haven't tried just loading the PDF onto my 505, my guess is that it won't reflow. (But who knows)

So I'm looking at some sort of automation for moving this to epub for speed and readability. My current venture is PDF->HTML. Any ideas?

08-24-2009, 04:12 PM	#1
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Make magazine, digital edition is online only. This past weekend, for my birthday, I subscribed to Make magazine, after many years drooling over it. One of the things that sold me was the "digital edition" option. I know they previously made PDFs available, and since it is an O'Reilly published magazine, I figured digital edition meant an ebook. Pay my money, and low and behold, the digital edition is download only, requiring you to read through a browser. What a let down.

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08-24-2009, 04:13 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	It happens

08-24-2009, 04:19 PM	#4
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Yeah, I figured, it is O'Reilly, and that they'd previously had downloadable copies available, that it would be something I could drop on my reader.

08-24-2009, 04:28 PM	#5
AlfonsVH Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 2113226 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: BeBook Neo	PDFs can be found on the darknetz (usenet). And since you are a subscriber, it may even be semi-legal to download them.

08-24-2009, 04:37 PM	#6
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	Write to them and whine. You never know, it might yield results!?

08-24-2009, 04:47 PM	#7
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Nomesque, already done, and they said that I basically as SOL, and it was up to some other company as far as how it was released. I am not home, but will post the email when I get there. AlfonsVH, That is one instance where I would not disagree with piracy. I opted for their premium service, so I could have access to the backlogs in digital form, purely because I wanted it for my reader.

08-24-2009, 06:35 PM	#9
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	Hmmm... if they've given the impression that it's available in ebook format, then you're probably within your rights to request a refund.

08-24-2009, 06:41 PM	#10
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	I still want the paper form, but I nearly got the digital only subscription. Glad I didn't now.

08-24-2009, 07:14 PM	#11
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	Yeah, I wish more magazines go the PDF route. If they did offer PDFs, instead of the useless Zinio, or this Texterity cr@p, I'd subscribe to more.... I did just subscribe to Scientific American's digital only edition, and I like it a lot. They let you download PDFs, and not just for the current issues, but from their archive as well. Now I am waiting for a large screen reader, which can do PDF well.

01-04-2010, 02:55 PM	#12
sircastor Reader Posts: 85 Karma: 6124 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: PRS-505	Hey folks. I know I'm 5 months too late for this thread, but I wonder if anyone has done anything additionally with MAKE. While the digital edition is not available as an ebook, you can print out copies from the digital edition - the whole thing. In that light, I was experimenting this morning with trying to get a printed PDF (with text) out into an epub format. I haven't tried just loading the PDF onto my 505, my guess is that it won't reflow. (But who knows) So I'm looking at some sort of automation for moving this to epub for speed and readability. My current venture is PDF->HTML. Any ideas?

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