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fluorinerocketlast Monday at 10:30 PM3 repliesview on HN

I on the other hand can't stand PDFs.

They take up valuable screen space, it is annoying to scroll to the sections you need. Yeah yeah some PDFs have the side navigation thing. Most don't

With a book I can put in those little flags to bookmark sections, I can easily riffle the pages and scan for the chapter I need, I can hand write in the margins

I often need 2 or 3 books open to different sections, I like keeping them on my desk so I can glance at them when I need to

I've probably cracked $1000 spent on books this year.


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diab0liclast Tuesday at 2:34 AM

I’m similar to you. I recently went as far as to buy a pdf for an out of print book and then paid to have it printed and bound.

I suppose a remarkable would be another route but… they are pricey.

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NetMageSCWlast Tuesday at 3:55 PM

My (tablet) PDF reader has bookmarks (which I use to make a TOC if needed) and annotations and cloud sync of the PDFs to my phone for on the go. And it has text search and zoom. Plus it holds hundreds of books that I can carry with me.

throw2312321last Tuesday at 5:24 AM

I assume you read a lot. How do you consume books, and how do you organize knowledge?