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I thought about this whole idea of putting text books in an ebook format. Initially, I thought it was great... less money spent on books, much easier to carry, etc.
But then i thought about the practical use of something like this. In my experience with textbooks, I spend a lot of time flipping back and forth, going to the index or charts in the back and then going back to reading. It seems that with the slowness of the current screens, this is not feasible. It would take forever to get to the index of a book and then go back to where you were. Or to constantly flip between a graph on one page and what you were reading on the other.
I just think it would frustrate the hell out of me and I'd give up.
(I once book and online version of a textbook because it was much cheaper. Granted, this wouldn't be the same as being stuck to your desk while you read, but the same issues of not being able to quickly flip through pages got on my nerves and I got a paper book in the end.)
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