RE: UIM apprentice...

While I agree with most of your points, I'd have to say I DO prefer e-book
format for reference materials such as the RPGIV Reference or DDS manuals. I
find printed materials more convenient if the objective is to LEARN the
content. However, if I'm just brushing up on a topic, nothing beats the
speed and search capabilities of the e-book format (provided that it CAN be
searched). 

just .02,
Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Langston [mailto:jimlangston@conexfreight.com]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:59 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: UIM apprentice...


When I buy a dead tree edition, I can peruse it at my leisure.  I can have
it
on my desk and flip to the index and look up stuff I remember being there.
I can take it with me when I, umm..., use the facilities.

Even thought I have a laptop, it is connected to my monitor, keyboard,
mouse,
power supply, external floppy and speakers.  It's not something I take with
me
everywhere, which I can easily do with a book.

Also, I read in bed at night before I got to sleep and have a lamp on a
table
low enough so it doesn't disturb my wife.  And since I lay on my side, not
my
back, it is easy to have a book on the bed beside me reading it.  My home 
computer is not portable and is in the dining room.

Also, it is much easier for me to read a book, even thought I have been
staring
at CRT screens for 27 years.  I can flip through the pages of a book and
find
what I am looking for much faster than on a computer.

As for a printable edition, I printed out the DDS reference so I could read
it
for subfiles.  Then I took it to the copier and copied from 1 to 2 sided.
But
it's still not bound and not that easy to take with me, no cover to protect
it,
etc...

I dunno, why did Captain Picard like dead tree editions?  <grin>

Regards,

Jim Langston

Jon.Paris@hal.it wrote:
> 
>  >> I, for one, don't buy e-books.  I only buy dead tree editions.
> 
> Since it is an arena I am about to enter, I am very interested in _why_
you
> won't buy e-books Jim.
> 
> If it was an e-book with a "publish on demand" print option (albeit more
> expensive) would that chnage your mind?
> 
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