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It's also easy to get copyrighted ebooks for no money. You can even go through the exercise of borrowing them from libraries if your moral principles would be
by isolate 11y ago
It's also easy to get copyrighted ebooks for no money. You can even go through the exercise of borrowing them from libraries if your moral principles would be compromised.
- copperx 11y agoFunny that you say that. These last days I've been contemplating either: * Getting a 9.6" or larger tablet for reading "free" technical ebooks (in PDF -- I can't stand the formatting of eBooks for technical stuff). versus * Buying used copies of the physical books themselves. So, based on the recommendation of a HN reader, I bought an old Nook HD+ (9" screen with 250+ ppi) and I tried yesterday. The definition is OK for reading PDFs, but the interface of the PDF reading apps is atrocious. I'm giving the Nook to someone else and I'm spending $300+ on used copies of the technical books I want to read (mostly programming / reference manuals). eBooks for technical reference are atrocious in several counts, first of all: typography (it's very common to find an orphan heading at the end of the page with the paragraph on the next page. This drives me nuts). Next, equations and diagrams. Terrible. Lastly, navigation. To be satisfied, I estimate I need a 12"+ screen with around 300ppi. I think the iPad Pro can deliver this, but it's a rather expensive proposition.
- isolate 11y agoHey, thanks for the report. I've been contemplating ditching my technical books for a while but never looked into it. I'm hoping I can tolerate them on an iPad mini at 326ppi, will definitely look into PDFs.