In case anybody missed it, No Starch Press are running their Humble Book Bundle: Linux & BSD Bookshelf sale again. It includes a couple of FreeBSD books, including the latest copy of Absolute FreeBSD by Michael Lucas. Enjoy!
You can't sell that many physical books for that little money. Unless perhaps they are second-hand.ebook, pdf, zip, ... not physical books btw
Same. I really don't like reading books on-screen which is the biggest reason why I did not buy in on this nice deal. That and I already have the most interesting books on that list physically.I usually don't like to read books on a screen. But 15$ for that many books is a steal!
You can't sell that many physical books for that little money. Unless perhaps they are second-hand.
Books in .pdf format are the absolute worst for reading IMO.
I used to have an iPad 2 (way back when) on which I read PDF or epub documents and I could take notes, underline, mark, just like a real book! But the more notes I took in such a virtual book, the longer it took to load it once closed. So I stopped doing that.nowadays I have a copy of all my book in pdf, so i can bring them with me all the time. And take notes! I bought a big iPad with pen, it was the best investment of last year
But the more notes I took in such a virtual book, the longer it took to load it once closed. So I stopped doing that. ...
Also I don't like how the pictures are displayed all small and you have to click to open the image and zoom in. That's really annoying. Plus you can't easily flip through the book to search something so I still prefer a real book for studying.
That said I do try to keep the PDF versions so I can quickly <Ctrl+F> something when I need to look something up.
I agree, real paper book is the absolute best for true study. But, when you have done the study and it is time for reference, the PDF is better.