Re: UIM apprentice...

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True, Eric, but something to me doesn't usually become reference material
until I've read it cover to cover.  At one time, a long time ago, I did 
read the DDS manuals cover to cover, but that was for an older version (V3R2)
and I've forgotten a lot of it.  Which is why I printed out the current
version for the latest release I am working on (V4R4) since I don't have
the dead tree edition.  And I'll read it cover to cover again.

But reading an e-book cover to cover just doesn't work for me.  Using it for
reference, as you state, is in fact better than the dead tree edition.

Regards,

Jim Langston

"DeLong, Eric" wrote:
> 
> 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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