Where do you stand on ebooks vs. physical books for learning?

If I can't physically stand on the book then its shit. Unless I stole it by downloading the pdf on some sketchy site..

I find I learn much better by making stuff, googling. I think the biggest thing that's lost in "tutorials" is the author tries several different approaches, finds some don't work and end up with the good solution they tell to the learner. But the "getting to the good solution" is the most useful thing to learn.

Back in the day, after passing various exams, I have been known to take the relevant textbook outside, and either a) set it on fire, b) blow it up with gunpowder, or c) twat it with a big axe.

These aspects of the reading/learning experience have not yet been accurately replicated by any of the ebook platforms.

Physical books for the win. I like to collect them. But I often miss books

Doesn’t matter if ebook or physical, for me books are bad for learning. Especially if it’s about programming.

school physical books were literally useless. I bought first semester then resold them (and wasted a lot of money). didn't open a single one. didn't buy any the rest of my degree. never became relevant

there was a phys Ed teacher that said you had to bring the BOOK HE WROTE to class to get 5% on your mark. bruh

lots of books are absolute garbage. it's very rare to find a book with even 3-5 interesting things in it. there are some books from the 1800s and early 1900s that are fascinating through and through though. but modern books it's as bad as medium articles, but everybody is pretending it isn't or something idk

anyway cuz I pirate books they're all epubs, cuz epub is smaller than pdf and I got a literal digital library. sometimes I read other times I text to speech them. would be cool to train a personal AI off them

I doubt you could get physical copies of any actually good books. they wouldn't be in print

Both are fine but recently I feel like I’ve rediscovered paper books. By having the physical item, it has been easier for me to pick it up and go read for an hour before sleeping. With e books, i have harder time sleeping due to the fact that I’m looking at a screen.

Unfortunately, book reading has stopped since I graduated. I wish I could read Books, especially the Hard Cover Books

Depends. Normally I prefer physical books because it helps me to focus. The ritual of taking the book, finding the page and line, also fully switching the context/environment of current 'task' helps a lot to focus.

On the other hand, physical books have 3 major shortcomings:
- they don't have a ctrl+f
- you can't have your book everywhere with you [you'll forget it or find it inconvenient to lug it around]
- they need external lighting and a dry, calm environment

Recently I read 2 DB-related books and I think I learned the content quite well. Then again, I also made a full context switch, bcz I was mostly reading on my phone while rocking my lil one to sleep [also not smth I'd prolly do with a physical one...].

Somehow reading ebooks on computer doesn't do it for me.