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Originally Posted by jersysman
I took various courses that had ebooks. Here are my concerns:
1. Could not take notes (highlight entries). Some allowed, but they were not portable among different computers.
2. Had to sit in front of computer for long hours. I could not read in front of a computer as long as I could from a DTB.
3. If it had any fold-out charts or illustrations, those were extremely hard to navigate through.
Now a lot of these can be fixed if they can be loaded on an ereader. However, the ereader will have to be big enough to fit a larger screen because better textbooks have charts, illustrations, tables, etc. that are usually larger than the average size of an ereader.
Still, holding a larger ereader for the amount of time needed to read and study from can get rather cumbersome.
It is a really good idea, but it still needs better devices and better implementation to replace text books. IMHO.
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these things are all minor and can easily be overcome. Books would have to be properly formated of course. But the first step is discussion and you have provided a very important first step. Highlights and notes are something that could be added if the ereadred manufactures allowed it. That said keep the ideas comming. Any suggestion pro or con is good. I am sure that these things can be all worked out quickly enough. Its not just converting a text to epub. Kobo has a kick ass zoom function that works very well this could be used easailiy enough on fold outs etc. Obvious and epub would be formated differently then a text book.
regards
jack