From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 22:24:02 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F01ECF18 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:24:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm7-vm7.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm7-vm7.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.185]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8F6D2EE for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:24:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.39.60.166] by nm7.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Feb 2015 22:20:47 -0000 Received: from [216.39.60.232] by tm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Feb 2015 22:20:47 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1003.access.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Feb 2015 22:20:47 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 892736.98553.bm@omp1003.access.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 27522 invoked by uid 60001); 24 Feb 2015 22:20:47 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1424816447; bh=MWTB9UsPEr6Q5IAwKuDC3q8i0RwOF/UhPqGiCdBNNRA=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=zgM2Dht6bVy36OY+O86etyBqDu+g7Q48x1fk7+aoFwRPq41GgEPiPr4lCiEtWM+OtcN39ikErcG5RlFawcFf4bCaAR+jEZnal6N43rjmC/M995z5doSlRsm6pQEnCyx37pTTUtdk2wBE6uY7/6OIF3tZywj7frDBEEC90iTk7n8= X-YMail-OSG: veQl.E8VM1mBmYYvN5jg_upI5cbUIRN7BoXmIzWfV4UfHmN b1zQqS8yLJu.kzGeZTf.O6GVr4T4cSrvtAOSjBmZnyg5luWp5QwBhDRzsUji bQEEK_8a.Tf54rPhgJ22MBzhRSRH1FRkOsatPytZdYfJ7jZtEDyTc85AvLam VEMpOwAWKO5LQZa2JgfgXdWybpm.2fun9rnV_LgD.4qbplPyYFOnbD2NZgRC 2IR0b7opfJsMSfnaSJ6Aq7t7vk6ZosLtBJ..rRuVbr3y8QBOR8XK8knUC04G jyDjbsLsebVMEdii3BK.ZhBtVNYMTzk6t99xBkyRUYSwRRjbt9_XOknWqS2S .gmkx6QbSu.SyAtRa81gkhEr2B7fdbHOZv_014SI48oZgOjm0GNKHGaQPVhb rEfBc_u1Ld9xEo2AGPIb5WHGWsoH_a_C8x3ZS2rlT.D3u_Dnqhy7RGR6ugoO SoLA2pXPmnelAkoEHyZMStwQGbiu7PRnoTnRX_Cs.nJjMxMks7PNLVDaP7sz RM24cf2s- Received: from [99.98.83.69] by web184901.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:20:47 PST X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 002.001, DQpPbiBTdW4sIDIvOC8xNSwgQ29keSBDaGFtYmVybGFpbiA8Y29keS5jaGFtYmVybGFpbkBtZS5jb20.IHdyb3RlOg0KIA0KPiBpIHdhcyBqdXN0IHNlYXJjaGluZyBhcm91bmQgc2VlaW5nIGlmDQo.IHRoZXJlIHdhcyBhIHZlcnNpb24gb2YgdGhlIGZyZWVic2QgaGFuZGJvb2sgYXZhaWxhYmxlIGFzIGFuDQo.IGUtYm9vay4gaSBzZWUgYW1hem9uIGhhcyBhbiBvcHRpb24gZnJvbSB0aGUgRnJlZUJTRA0KPiBEb2N1bWVudGF0aW9uIEZvdW5kYXRpb24uLiBpcyB0aGF0IGFjdGl2ZWx5IG1haW50YWluZWQ_IGkBMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/1000 YahooMailWebService/0.8.203.740 Message-ID: <1424816447.80969.YahooMailBasic@web184901.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:20:47 -0800 From: Dru Lavigne Reply-To: dru@freebsd.org Subject: Re: epub / ebook To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Cody Chamberlain In-Reply-To: <25DA669B-D2F7-4DD5-96C2-35C82A77E765@me.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:24:02 -0000 On Sun, 2/8/15, Cody Chamberlain wrote: =20 > i was just searching around seeing if > there was a version of the freebsd handbook available as an > e-book. i see amazon has an option from the FreeBSD > Documentation Foundation.. is that actively maintained? is > there an ePub / kindlegen version already crreated that just > needs to be maintained? > > i was going to take the handbook page and start getting an > ePub created but didn=E2=80=99t want to reinvent the wheel if its > already spinning.=20 Hello Cody, Sorry for the late reply. It looks like someone uploaded an older version of the Handbook to Amazon. = That version has since been removed and we have asked the uploader to impro= ve the quality of the Kindle version and use their own name, rather than th= e FreeBSD Documentation Project, if they upload it again so as not to confu= se readers. Currently, we're not generating an epub or a Kindle version of the Handbook= . We spent a lot of time last year getting the Handbook up-to-date and have= a bit more work to do on that front. The plan in doing so is to have a mod= ernized, dead tree edition available through the FreeBSD Mall, as the last = published version was over 10 years ago, as well as an epub version availab= le for sale where the proceeds go directly to the FreeBSD Foundation.=20 At one point there was a mechanism to automatically generate the Handbook i= n various formats, but it's my understanding that we are only doing HTML at= this time. This is something we'll be discussing at the doc working group = and sprints during BSDCan in June. If you happen to be attending that confe= rence, feel free to join the doc sprints each evening :-) Cheers, Dru