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> it would immediately discontinue the purchase of textbooks, switch to ereaders Please no. I've found that eReaders are only good for novels, where there is
by redthrowaway 14y ago
> it would immediately discontinue the purchase of textbooks, switch to ereaders
Please no. I've found that eReaders are only good for novels, where there is a linear progression from start to finish. The inability to flip back and forth through the book, have two pages open at once, and the like is a serious downside when it comes to reading reference materials on an eReader.
It's not an insurmountable problem, but it is one that the current generation of eReaders quite frankly suck at.
- tangue 14y agoI second this one. I've bought lot of technical materials (Pickaxe, some CSS3 books) on my eReader (a Sony PRS T2) and eventually bought paper editions because it was more efficient. Was I conditioned by my previous learning experiences ? Maybe, but I found that eReaders are great for looking for a specific reference of something you've already seen, but for the process of learning, there is a king of serendipity that paper provides and eReader can't. IMHO even the web is a better learning medium than ebooks for this reason.
- krichman 14y agoThirded. I've been trying to read technical papers on my Kindle and wow is it uncomfortable. Reading a novel is an absolute delight, though.