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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Even though I am a HUGE fan of ebooks, I agree that they do not provide the spacial context that pbooks do. I used to be able to visualize where information was in the text, and then pull up what I needed for the test. I find that if I have to go back to get a name or clarify a point in an ebook, it is entirely hit or miss.
But I am completely in favor of getting rid of the weight! My 11 year-old's backpack kills me!
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I agree with you, spot on!! Spot on!!
I'm a huge fan of ebooks too and find it useful for the kind of work I do. However, when I was writing my qualifying exam papers (which took a whole year) I don't think I would want to use primarily the ebook format because I only have one reader which means only one page open at a time. When I wrote my qualifying exam papers, I had multiple books open at the same time and would sometimes flip through one book and then another to get some general idea about something and then write a bit, then flip some more.
Ebooks simply do not facilitate that kind of writing and reading process.
At this stage I don't need to do that kind of writing and reading but may have to soon again for some other pieces of writing I'm doing.