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The problem I have with this is that textbooks can be quite difficult to read in that they are often large A4-size pages with many images. This makes them prac
by schnitzelstoat 5y ago
The problem I have with this is that textbooks can be quite difficult to read in that they are often large A4-size pages with many images.
This makes them practically impossible to read on an e-reader and even reading on a tablet isn't ideal. Meanwhile the physical copies can often be large and unwieldy.
If there was an easy way to sit and read them in bed, on the bus etc. like there is with normal books and my Kindle then I'm sure I'd read a great many more.
- macinjosh 5y agoIn the 90s/ 00s I'd xerox one chapter at a time (only pages with actual content) and put the pages in a binder or spiral bound format for easy luggability. The iPad is good enough for me now.
- tmaly 5y agoI find many of the modern textbooks loaded with colorful boxes on the sides to be quite a distraction. If the goal was to help you learn, they should have optimized for focus.
- epgui 5y agoAs obvious as it seems now that you say it, I think what you say makes sense.
- sn9 5y agoThough this is horrific to me, if it's convenience that you're after you could always take a box cutter to the textbooks, cut them into chapters, and maybe have them spiral-bound. Alternatively, you could see if there exists a loose-leaf copy of your textbook.
- abdullahkhalids 5y agoTextbooks are meant to be read sitting at a desk, with a notebook and pen on the side. You are supposed to summarize the information in written form and answer the end of chapter questions. Reading on the bus gets you barely any mileage out of the textbook - you are better off reading a popular book on the subject.