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Hm, I'm going to guess that the Kindle is probably the most popular e-reader, and it has the ability to add notes, highlights and bookmarks, both with the hardw

Hm, I'm going to guess that the Kindle is probably the most popular e-reader, and it has the ability to add notes, highlights and bookmarks, both with the hardware device and in the apps for tablets and computers. It also doesn't have the eye strain issue. Actual remaining issues: * complex layouts get messed up, as you mention * it's not very easy to leaf through an ebook and to quickly jump from section to section That said, I still read 90% of my course materials on my Kindle, Kindle app for OS X or Mendeley. For all its disadvantages, having a digital overview of all of your annotations is a godsend when doing research or studying for an exam. For that same reason, I don't take paper notes anymore: while convenient, often they get lost, you can't search through them and you can't edit them.

mszyndel 12y ago
> it's not very easy to leaf through an ebook and to quickly jump from section to section This is available on Kindle for quite some time now. Tap on top to show menu and then slide you finder on bottom bar - preview of pages will show and you can look back and forth without changing your current position.
- stdbrouw 12y ago
  It's an improvement, but not nearly as easy to use as leafing through a physical book. I'm thinking of the use-case where you're solving exercises in one place but also want to sometimes go back to the theory or to a reference section in the back.
  - taeric 12y ago
    This is probably as easily solved by just having multiple ereaders, honestly.
    - lione 12y ago
      Have an ereader for every book! It's flawless!
      - taeric 12y ago
        Within reason, it probably is cheaper and more workable for many people to just have two or three ebook readers than the myriad of physical books and shelving necessary for them. Additionally, for textbook style things, it was already common to have "student handbooks" that go along with the book.

mszyndel 12y ago

> it's not very easy to leaf through an ebook and to quickly jump from section to section This is available on Kindle for quite some time now. Tap on top to show menu and then slide you finder on bottom bar - preview of pages will show and you can look back and forth without changing your current position.

stdbrouw 12y ago
It's an improvement, but not nearly as easy to use as leafing through a physical book. I'm thinking of the use-case where you're solving exercises in one place but also want to sometimes go back to the theory or to a reference section in the back.
- taeric 12y ago
  This is probably as easily solved by just having multiple ereaders, honestly.
  - lione 12y ago
    Have an ereader for every book! It's flawless!
    - taeric 12y ago
      Within reason, it probably is cheaper and more workable for many people to just have two or three ebook readers than the myriad of physical books and shelving necessary for them. Additionally, for textbook style things, it was already common to have "student handbooks" that go along with the book.