On Dec 5, 2007 4:41 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/5/07, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There is a significant convenience involved in
having a physical book
in your hand. I imagine a significant number of people will buy the
book rather than download it.
On the occasions where I've had this choice, I've almost invariably
opted for the .pdf because you get it faster, then once I've got that,
not found a compelling reason for getting the hardcopy. Need to read
away from a computer? Print some pages. Want to snuggle up with it in
bed? Uh, a software manual? And, as pointed out, being able to search
is a very powerful thing...
Steve
While these are all perfectly valid arguments for individual geeks to not
buy paper books, the book companies business is steady or slowly growing
over time, so there's no reason not to go with a real publisher and have
them print some up.
Unless you're *opposed* to making money...
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com