On Dec 5, 2007 4:41 PM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/5/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@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...