The Re-Launch of the PowerShell.org Free eBooks (now in Spanish, too!)
We’re pleased to announce the re-launch of our Free eBook Store, now hosted exclusively on Leanpub. This re-launch includes 7 titles translated into Spanish by community contributor Alvaro Torres.
All eBooks are free, although you can also choose to pay any amount of $5 or more, which becomes a donation to The DevOps Collective, Inc. Leanpub offers a web-based reader and, if you “buy” the book, options to download in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF formats.
We used to dual-publish on Leanpub and GitBook; GitBook no longer supports ebook downloading (they’re online-only, now) and Leanpub now offers a free online reader mode, so we’re moving exclusively to Leanpub. Leanpub does offer a smartphone app as well, which you can use to manage your entire Leanpub library.
Don’t forget that all of the books’ “source” is hosted at GitHub in public open-source repositories. You’re welcome to fork the repos, submit pull requests, and so on. Note that we don’t provide technical support for the books at GitHub; please use the Forums for that. Further, while everyone appreciates suggestions for improving the books, what we really appreciate are community members who can fork the repo, implement their suggestions, and submit a pull request!
Please help us spread the word so more people can use these great, entirely-free resources!
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