O'Reilly Ebooks – Your bookshelf on your devices
You get lifetime access to ebooks you purchase through oreilly.com, and whenever possible we provide them to you in four DRM-free file formats — PDF, .epub, Kindle-compatible .mobi, and Android .apk — that you can use on the devices of your choice. Our ebook files are fully searchable, and you can cut-and-paste and print them. We also alert you when we've updated your ebooks with corrections and additions.
Available Titles
Titles that are available as Ebook bundles can be found on our Complete Ebook List.
On Your Device
- iPhone, iTouch — Grab the EPUB or PDF and read in the Stanza App, Bookworm, or the reader of your choice.
- iPad — Download the EPUB or the PDF and read it on your iPad.
- Android — Read the .apk or .EPUB on your favorite reader.
- Kindle — Get the Mobipocket file and load it onto your Kindle.
- Sony Reader — EPUBs work well on your Sony Reader.
- Computer — Get either the EPUB or PDF.
- Other Mobile Devices — Explore the EPUB with the mobile version of Bookworm.
Digital Rights Management
These files (like all our PDFs currently for sale) will be released without any DRM, though we are exploring some custom watermarking options.
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Bundles and Updates
When you purchase an ebook bundle (currently available on a select set of titles as part of a pilot project), you'll get access to all four of the formats we're currently supporting. Since we began selling PDF versions of many of our titles, we've offered free updates to reflect published changes in the books; the same will apply to the Ebook bundle, which will replace the PDF option on those titles in the pilot program.
Formats Available
There are four file formats included in the Ebook bundle:
- PDF — We've been selling PDF versions of most of our books at oreilly.com for some time now, and will include a PDF with the Ebook bundle. The PDF format is a widely supported standard, and is a faithful representation of the printed book. Whenever possible, our PDFs also include navigation bookmarks and live hyperlinks.
- EPUB — One way to describe EPUB is "mp3 for books." Instead of each Ebook software and device maker using their own format, the EPUB standard is meant to give readers, publishers, and device makers a single format for Ebooks — one that includes many of the same features we're all familiar with on the web, like reflowable text and hyperlinking.
- Mobipocket — It's hard to dispute that Amazon's Kindle has sparked renewed interest in Ebooks, and we want to make sure oreilly.com customers with Kindles can read our Ebooks. The Kindle cannot currently read EPUB files directly (though we hope that will change), so the Ebook bundle includes the Mobipocket file format, which can be read on the Kindle.
- Android .apk
Feedback Welcome
If you have a question or a comment about our Ebooks, please send feedback to booktech@oreilly.com or through Get Satisfaction.
