Best place to buy programming books in PDF format?

Cromulent · 29 Jul 2017 at 15:25

I'm looking for a (legal) place to buy programming books (mainly ASP.Net Core, Docker, Git, Linux) as I have three monitors and it is nice having a PDF open on one screen while I am programming on another screen.

I've never bought a Kindle eBook when it comes to programming books so I'm a bit worried about how source code will be formatted and whether it will be easy to read.

So can anyone recommend a good site to buy PDF eBooks? I tried to install the Windows 10 Kindle app but I can't login for some reason. I tried using the same login information to login to the website and it worked so I have no idea what is going on.

Edit: Got the Windows 10 Kindle app working. So does anyone have any experience with reading Kindle programming eBooks and how easy they are to read when programming?

Chaos · 29 Jul 2017 at 21:21

You could try pakt - https://www.packtpub.com/

They also give away a free ebook each day - https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

Cromulent · 29 Jul 2017 at 22:03

Chaos said:
You could try pakt - https://www.packtpub.com/

They also give away a free ebook each day - https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

Excellent. There are three decent looking books on .NET Core web development there that I might pick up. Thanks for the info.

peterwalkley · 30 Jul 2017 at 10:03

Also look at http://www.manning.com They supply in PDF and ebook formats suitable for things like kindle and kobo. I tend to download both as PDF is a bit rubbish on a small device. Worth subscribing to their email list as you get offers very frequently.