tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post8345497578581318199..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Go Read a Book -- Ebook vs. PaperJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-89570860804799287922016-06-02T09:22:43.962-07:002016-06-02T09:22:43.962-07:00Thanks for the additional insight. It is sometimes...Thanks for the additional insight. It is sometimes true that reference books get shuffled in ebook format. I think that is a problem that will be resolved in time. But the bundling issue is merely an attempt to keep the paper book publishers in business. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-16166638127051727392016-06-02T08:36:42.952-07:002016-06-02T08:36:42.952-07:00I agree with all of your stated advantages of eBoo...I agree with all of your stated advantages of eBooks over hard-copy, except in one very narrow category. <br />Technical books with profuse illustrations, especially those related to programming languages, frequently exhibit the bad habit of putting an image on page 254, while its explanation resides on page 257 (or some other inconvenient pair of separated pages). While a printed text allows me to hold both pages open simultaneously to see the code sample, or other image, and at the same time study the related text, switching back and forth between non-consecutive pages is, for me, somewhat more challenging with an eBook.<br />I currently have two Nook Readers from Barnes & Noble. I wouldn’t give up either of them. Each is equipped with a 16 GB SD card packed with books (by the way, I also see the ability to carry an entire library of books in a device that will fit in a coat pocket as another major advantage of the eBook format). Sadly, for every technical title that I have on those Readers, I’ve ended up buying the corresponding paper edition. In many cases, particularly books from Microsoft Press, both the hard-copy, and the eBook were purchased together as a package. <br />Jerry Kocishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725287779851573267noreply@blogger.com