Some DRM-free book bundles

I thought it was a pretty nice little collection for the price. I normally prefer reading print books, preferring the tactile sensation of thumbing the print copy. But PDF is obviously a good format for books about computing and No Starch Press got me in the habit.

yeah bro, love print books. Also it is good not to rely on electricity for everything.

The amount of energy needed to print a book, added to the consumption of a bright light bulb might not be massively lower than the amount required to publish a pdf and read it on a notebook.

That said, I would indeed feel quite sad if printed books were to disappear (which I think they are not). Apart from the feeling of the pages, the ease to access any time and browse through them, I also find them more body friendly. I got literal pain in the neck because of reading books only once, when I got hooked and spent most of the night twisted on a chair, unable to stop reading John Le Carré's The Honourable Schoolboy. At some point, I managed to transport myself to bed, where I kept reading, still twisted. After which I could not move my head in any direction for a couple of days and had to weather some grumpy spell from the other person in the bed. Because of that painful memory, I am still to read the remainder of the Karla trilogy. Both John Le Carré and George Blake having passed away last month, time might have come to catch up (with the Karla series, print version).

Comparatively, I can hardly spend more than half an hour in front of a computer screen without having to move around in order to avoid neck and back pain, despite following the most advanced ergonomics advice.

We are living in increasingly unstable times. If the electrical grid goes down, I don't want to be caught completely off guard.

Indeed.

I always keep one of these secret generators with me in case of stupid blackout or something.