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The biggest one for me is that it is hard to read them on the typical < 6" e-reader or phone. Most of them are type-set for big, larger-than letter paperback f
by douche 11y ago
The biggest one for me is that it is hard to read them on the typical < 6" e-reader or phone. Most of them are type-set for big, larger-than letter paperback formats. That means you need to have a second monitor to read them and look at code at the same time.
I thought about getting a Kindle DX when they were making them. Although even then, my copy of Code Complete is as big as a 19" monitor, when it is open and laid flat.
- fahimulhaq 11y agoI agree. I also thought of getting a Kindle DX but then settled for iPad (though I don't use it much now, I have to admit). The iPad feels heavier when you are trying to read for longer periods (and I can't really hold it with 1 hand all the time). Kindle is smaller/lighter so it works out great for fiction books but not for technical books. Paper books are also heavy and you can't carry them everywhere so I mostly read the technical eBooks on my computer.