Quote Originally Posted by indigoiis View Post
Ditto, also back in school and finding that really, I want the textbook over the digital version. My major is Information Science and Computer Science so... lots of diagrams and sidebar stuff... just not good on an e-reader (I see my fellow students' frustration.) I have a laptop and can get a lot of versions on Scrib'd, but still rely mainly on paper textbooks. There's something about being able to flip from the index to the page you want that is really helpful in a textbook, too... I even took Statistics online and relied heavily on my hardcover book and calculator, even though my pc laptop has a statistics calculator.

Also, one of my professors had an open book / open note exam, but NO computers/readers allowed.

I love my laptop. It's helpful for writing papers (a real keyboard) and lightweight enough to carry in my bag.

I agree - I think it would be PAINFUL to try to go through a textbook on a reader. I gave my first reader to my sister for her to use this way and saw her frustration - she finally printed the 500+ page nursing PDF text she was trying to use it for. I use them only for pleasure/general reading, not for professional or academic.