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I for one am looking forward to perhaps Amazon stepping in to the subscription-based technical library. Safaribooksonline's library selection is very vast - wit
by Bishonen88 9y ago
I for one am looking forward to perhaps Amazon stepping in to the subscription-based technical library. Safaribooksonline's library selection is very vast - without an easy eBook-reader option to consume the books, one has to keep reading on lcd screens - goes without saying that the eyes are getting sore quite fast and reading is not really pleasant. Should Amazon join the party, I'd be more than happy to buy something like an oasis (but bigger) and read on that.
When it comes to the sole idea of subscription-based tech books, I'm a big fan, too - programming books get obsolete really quick nowadays. Python, GO, Kotlin etc. - all see minor or major updates making older titles outdated. Why pay $30-$50 for a book which will be partially or fully redundant in 2-3 years? Instead I am willing to pay those $20/month and have a big library at my fingertips, easy copy-paste of programming code when learning at the pc, checking out titles which I would probably not buy in retail on my own and many more.