From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:40:01 +0100 Organization: none Message-ID: <0001HW.20EE73510365E31470000D7EC2CF@news.individual.net> References: <94112ae1-bda2-455d-b61f-e5fa660ccd42@googlegroups.com> <0001HW.20ED1AD70315263D70000D7EC2CF@news.individual.net> Reply-To: findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 2WrwkHBqTgQI7QHx260i5QmvX40xgec3+RGMWppu6Aa26A+J4q X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:qLbl56FgiBsFXOHnS3rpXeiap7U= User-Agent: Hogwasher/5.19 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53654 Date: 2018-07-05T16:40:01+01:00 List-Id: On 5 Jul 2018, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote (in article ): > On 2018-07-05 01:15, Bill Findlay wrote: > > Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > > > On 2018-07-04 17:10, Bill Findlay wrote: > > > > > Le samedi 30 juin 2018 05:23:23 UTC+2, Andrew Shvets a écrit: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > In 2016, I published an introductory Ada book as an e-book. This time > > > > > > around, I have created a second version of this book, located here: > > > > > > https://amzn.to/2KC3Zic > > > > > > > > > > > > This is what the second edition has: > > > > > > - It's in print. You can buy a printed version. I've read programming > > > > > > e-books before, but mostly it has been a question if my screen/monitor > > > > > > was > > > > > > large enough to correctly display the source-code (it often was, but was > > > > > > impossible on an iPhone). > > > > > > - I added a chapter on networking. Networking is something that I'm > > > > > > working > > > > > > on improving my understanding. Only after I sufficiently understood how > > > > > > to > > > > > > implement examples in Ada did I add this to my next book. > > > > > > - There is a chapter on how to build libraries. Packages and methods are > > > > > > great for encapsulating code and making it more reuseable. However, not > > > > > > having to re-compile the code is simply phenomenal. > > > > > > - There is a chapter on proofs. In my previous book, this was a part of > > > > > > a > > > > > > chapter. In this book, it is a chapter. Such an important topic earned > > > > > > its > > > > > > own chapter. > > > > > > - I had a professional editor looked over the book. After my first > > > > > > attempt, > > > > > > I realized that there is plenty of room for improvement in subsequent > > > > > > versions. As a result, I hired a professional to give me invaluable > > > > > > input > > > > > > on specific things that I can do better. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm open to sending PDFs as review copies, please send your requests to: > > > > > > introductory dot ada at gmail dot com > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for those -- on this mailing list -- who have helped me better > > > > > > understand Ada! > > > > > > > > > > > > --Andrew > > > > > > > > I bought it. > > > > The Kindle app will not open it on my iPad. > > > > > > https://calibre-ebook.com/download > > > > Thanks, but I wanted it on the iPad. > > I have regretfully returned it for a refund. > > I meant that using Calibre on PC or Mac you can convert your book into a > format iPad supports. I suppose it should support MOBI, FB2 etc. > > Anyway, it is worth to be able to backup your books. Do you really trust > Amazon never cancel your account, not block your books for certain > devices etc? The whole iPad is multiply backed up. -- Bill Findlay