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FWIW, I too much prefer printed technical books, and buy them when I have a choice. The problem is that paper books are more-easily-searchable (!), and more-ea
by zeveb 10y ago
FWIW, I too much prefer printed technical books, and buy them when I have a choice. The problem is that paper books are more-easily-searchable (!), and more-easily-readable.
I made the mistake of buying a few technical ebooks, but never will again.
My only concern is that publishers seem to be shifting to cheaper and cheaper bindings and glue, which may negatively impact the lifespan of my books.
- jlarocco 10y agoAs a counterpoint, I'm exactly the opposite. In general I won't buy a book unless it's available as an ebook. Over time I've found all of the features of paper books that I like are just no comparison to the convenience and usefulness of ebooks. That said, I do occasionally buy used paper books, or an old book that doesn't have an ebook.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoYou can have your ebooks printed.
- zeveb 10y ago> You can have your ebooks printed. Not (normally) legally though. I'd be glad if they would include a notice at the beginning allowing me to do that.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoO'Reilly does include that notice. But that doesn't really matter; you can pretty much always have your ebooks printed legally. The obstacle is getting the printer to do it regardless of whether it's legal; they don't know what the law is and generally don't care.
- bphogan 10y agoWhen it comes to technical books, the cheaper bindings and glue don't matter... are you really gonna need that Angular 1.x book that far into the future? :)
- Cpoll 10y agoThe majority of my technical library is language-agnostic and written decades ago: The Pragmatic Programmer, Clean Code, Code Complete, for instance.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoNot to mention SICP, K&R, The Little Books, and EPL