E-Books vs. Paper for Synthesis · Synthesizer School

Griffin A. Hamilton

Oct '22 (edited) in Other

E-Books vs. Paper for Synthesis

So up until now, I've found paperback books to be the best.

I tend to be pretty tactile and it's nice how quickly you can flip through something.

But I have found one major flaw:

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Sometimes I just want to read a book I discover 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 (to dive straight in)

and Amazon does 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁 (that I know of) 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟯𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

It just seems like a 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀, to be able to access (immediately) some of the most valuable recourses: 📖 Books.

Now for this purpose, paperbacks 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 easier.

My experience thus far is that E-readers (like kindle, etc.) seem to make more sense for books being used as novels, or something practically read for pleasure rather than reference material (𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦)

Of course we can capture information as taught in #Build an information capture system which theoretically makes it easier to come back to the same part again and again (albeit at the cost of screen real estate).

So for any of you who have more experience with E-Readers: