Ask HN: Do you still buy physical tech books like “Learn Rust” or “Learn Go”?
Yes.<p>I read fiction as ebooks (basically exclusively since days of palm pilot and Treo, then kindle and phone and tablets), but far prefer physical books when learning a new topic including tech. Few reasons but I think it&#x27;s at least partially because:<p>1. It&#x27;s easier to mark or hold with my finger e.g. A table or reference or definition page, then return or glance at it as I progress next few pages of that topic. I find it hard to go back and forth in ebook,triply so on  e-ink with slow refresh.<p>2. I cannot explain this but with ebook I don&#x27;t get a sense of progression or framework relationship. I think with physical book my brain &quot;maps&quot; knowledge to something that&#x27;s at beginning middle or end of book. And or it&#x27;s keenly aware that this topot took two pagds thjs topic took 7 pages. Layout of tables and content and lists is firmer. Not sure how to explain it but I find that physical progression through the book solidifies it in my brain.<p>(I don&#x27;t do much note taking or highlighting but I suppose it&#x27;s good to have as an easy physical option. While I type all my work notes and my todos are electronic, I don&#x27;t do really do electronic book annotation for whatever reason.)<p>Overall, it&#x27;s at the point where existence of really good physical book may influence whether I dig into an optional technical &#x2F; learning topic or not.