[legostormtroopr]

Its an eBook, not a book.

Even though I work in tech, I was excited that they were giving a way a print copy I could flick though easily, and bookmark, annotate or share.

EBooks have some advantages, but I still prefer print.

[capsulecorp]

Im glad its an eBook, not a book. Since I work in tech, I am excited that its a eBook that I can search through easily rather than having to spend tons of time bookmarking and flipping through pages hoping to find what is relevant when I need it. Paper books have some novelty value but I much prefer the utility of full text search when its time to get something done.

[collyw]

Really? I like ebooks for novel style format, but for technical books - where I don't necessarily them read in a linear manner - I find them way worse to browse.

[tgragnato]

TBH the index feels well-curated. It’s not one of those cases when you have hundreds of pages just tied together in a pdf.

https://imgur.com/a/BPNCBnp

[pferde]

Likewise. Physical books simply lack the Ctrl+F key combo.

[collyw]

Ctrl + F feels like going to the index and looking something up. In that case its faster with an ebook.

However scrolling through / flipping through pages to find something feels much more effective with a real book.

[fernandotakai]

honestly, same for me. i really like to write on technical books (i know, i know) and highlight parts.

i tried doing the same with pdfs... and it's just not the same thing.

[bayindirh]

You can just get it printed and bound. O'Reilly's PDFs are not protected or hindered any way to discourage printing.

[scns]

Check out getpolarized.io it enables bookmarking and even exporting to anki