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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I always hated the textbook game. Especially when searching certain proofs (sometimes you need just a hint or two) and the library only has old issues of of a certain book. This has nothing to do with laziness but especially when you start studying physics or math you most likely just don't have enough oversight how to handle certain tasks but on the other hand have to turn in 20-30 per week.

There is a whole industry making big unjustified money on overpriced books. Elsevier and Springer especially.

[–]Algebruh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

With Libgen I've realized that I can buy a $400-$800 e-ink device with a 10-13 screen and save thousands of dollars, pays for it's self in one semester. I think they have color screens and/or laptops that have a secondary e-ink thingey now. If you don't need to read technical PDFs and/or 10+ hours of screen time don't give you a screaming headache, save money and use whatever you're using to read this. If you just need the text you can go with a cheap kobo, pocketbook, low-end boox, etc. I'd skip the kindle, heard they can be fiddly to side-load and I'd prefer such a device to be strictly offline.

[–]LukaScott 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for such valuable information. It is very important for me.

[–]Jesus-Christ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Education should be free!

Ebooks kinda suck though when it comes to practicality, it's much easier to just flick to the page as opposed to typing in a page number in the search bar imo.