InformIT

So there was much discussion in one of my classes about shifting our 3D programming module from DirectX to OpenGL. While this is by no means set in stone yet, I decided to go out and do some research. And so I went to the store to look for the red book and the orange book. They were exactly what I wanted so I hefted the two-book compedium, then I stopped.

These things are heavy! Who in the modern twenty-first century world would lug such things around? There must be an ebook version somewhere, right? So I went to amazon.com. They had the book, but no e-copies. Neither did Barnes and Nobles. So as per standard procedure, I asked the great Google god. Google god pointed me at all manner of torrents and rapidshare downloads. Ugh, no wonder piracy is so rampant nowadays. Things just aren’t acessible!

There was a site though, called InformIT, that is apparently some spawn of Pearson. Sounds reputable enough. So I went in and took a look. Indeed they were selling the ebooks, and a cheaper price than the regular books too. So with glee, I bought up the orange book. The download came in a pdf format that was instantly accessible when I completed payment. There was no DRM or annoying proprietary formats in the way. So I’m happily going to upload this to my iPod Touch for reading on the go without having to go through some sort of fitness regimen.