Most of the books are cheaper on Amazon even after the 50% discount...

Thrymr · on May 3, 2013

But the point here is a "day against DRM". O'Reilly has really nice DRM-free editions, in multiple formats: PDF, ePub, Mobi, etc.

hackerboos · on May 3, 2013

You only get mobi on Amazon.

marsee · on May 3, 2013

And it has DRM on it.

dpcx · on May 3, 2013

For some people, that's enough. Not everyone needs 15 copies of the same book.

dlisboa · on May 3, 2013

Not everyone has a Kindle. Giving more choices should be the default. Amazon doesn't do it because they want you to buy their hardware.

Until there's a standard every e-book reader abides to publishers should try to provide for everyone.

wwweston · on May 4, 2013

I'm not sure Amazon cares about selling hardware -- they have reading apps for Android, iOS, OS X, and the web, probably Windows too.

I think it's more a desire to lock you in to their platform and maybe to make buying as low friction as possible.

ipedrazas · on May 3, 2013

You tell me when in a few years you use a different ebook reader...

mattl · on May 3, 2013

If they're DRM-free mobi, which I think ORA books are, then Calibre can easily convert them to ePub, etc.

Ma8ee · on May 5, 2013

Mobi and the Kindle sucks for technical literature. Tables and program listings are often messed up and unreadable and it is too slow and awkward to jump between different sections.

I love my Kindle for more linearly organized texts though, such as fiction or essays.

Zigurd · on May 3, 2013

Programming Android http://www.amazon.com/dp/1449316646/ and http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023005.do is about $1.80 less expensive at shop.oreilly.com after the discount

Plus, you get a choice of formats. Amazon sells only Kindle format e-books.