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Its an eBook, not a book. Even though I work in tech, I was excited that they were giving a way a print copy I could flick though easily, and bookmark, annotat
by legostormtroopr 8y ago
Its an eBook, not a book.
Even though I work in tech, I was excited that they were giving a way a print copy I could flick though easily, and bookmark, annotate or share.
EBooks have some advantages, but I still prefer print.
- bayindirh 8y agoYou can just get it printed and bound. O'Reilly's PDFs are not protected or hindered any way to discourage printing.
- capsulecorp 8y agoIm glad its an eBook, not a book. Since I work in tech, I am excited that its a eBook that I can search through easily rather than having to spend tons of time bookmarking and flipping through pages hoping to find what is relevant when I need it. Paper books have some novelty value but I much prefer the utility of full text search when its time to get something done.
- collyw 8y agoReally? I like ebooks for novel style format, but for technical books - where I don't necessarily them read in a linear manner - I find them way worse to browse.
- pferde 8y agoLikewise. Physical books simply lack the Ctrl+F key combo.
- collyw 8y agoCtrl + F feels like going to the index and looking something up. In that case its faster with an ebook. However scrolling through / flipping through pages to find something feels much more effective with a real book.
- tgragnato 8y agoTBH the index feels well-curated. It’s not one of those cases when you have hundreds of pages just tied together in a pdf. https://imgur.com/a/BPNCBnp https://imgur.com/a/BPNCBnp
- fernandotakai 8y agohonestly, same for me. i really like to write on technical books (i know, i know) and highlight parts. i tried doing the same with pdfs... and it's just not the same thing.
- scns 8y agoCheck out getpolarized.io it enables bookmarking and even exporting to anki