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Old 05-25-2006, 02:54 PM   #5
ElaHuguet
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
... when I remember a concept and want to go back in the text, I know exactly where to look for it. It's like I have a picture of the actual page in my mind where I need to go to find what I need. With the e-book it's definitely not like this. I am required to use the search function to find content again, and usually it's not that easy because while I can remember the layout of paper page, it's much harder to remember an actual textual phrase. So today if I have the choice, I would always pick the p-book for studying purposes.
I agree, also just something silly like closing a half-read book, I can remember the page I was on, by it's layout and aproximate place in the book (at the beginning, in the middle...). This doesn't happen for me in an e-book.
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