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9y ago
Spot on. Print is better, in many ways. So are ebooks, but just in different ways. It's a good thing we have the technology to make both.
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Nassim Taleb must not have met many librarians...we debate the physicality and other differences very regularly! Joking aside, the "print or ebook" debate is a false dichotomy...both are here to stay. Both also have significant sh
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9y ago
Librarian here...many university libraries here actually have policies against purchasing textbooks. The reason being, there is just not enough in the materials budgets to purchase textbooks for every class (especially considering that afte
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I ran into this too. As far as I know, nope, it has not improved.