Hamhed
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Niels -
I happen to be friends with Mark Simpson, the author of "Birding the Blue Ridge Mountains". He is currently working on the second edition and we have talked about that a bit. He is using eBird to help compile species information for individual sites but, as a bookophile (word?), he is having trouble going to an all digital format as an eBook, searchable website or phone app. My father worked in the printing industry and so did I for a time so I like books and the printed word.
However, in recent years, I find myself at the computer when I want information of any kind. For birding guides, site maps can be downloaded onto a lightweight, field-operable device (an iPad mini comes to mind) and updated as needed when an internet connection is available. I've more than once used birding guides that were a few years old and was unable to find sites whose access changed or no longer actually existed, wasting valuable time and creating frustration.
Information on digital sites can also be reader influenced and updated as they are here on the Opus, whether or not the original author is keeping the description current.
What do you find in a book that a digital format can not equal? Keep in mind, Niels, I am playing the devil's advocate here, not trying to be a sales rep for all that is ones and zeros. |:d|
Steve
I happen to be friends with Mark Simpson, the author of "Birding the Blue Ridge Mountains". He is currently working on the second edition and we have talked about that a bit. He is using eBird to help compile species information for individual sites but, as a bookophile (word?), he is having trouble going to an all digital format as an eBook, searchable website or phone app. My father worked in the printing industry and so did I for a time so I like books and the printed word.
However, in recent years, I find myself at the computer when I want information of any kind. For birding guides, site maps can be downloaded onto a lightweight, field-operable device (an iPad mini comes to mind) and updated as needed when an internet connection is available. I've more than once used birding guides that were a few years old and was unable to find sites whose access changed or no longer actually existed, wasting valuable time and creating frustration.
Information on digital sites can also be reader influenced and updated as they are here on the Opus, whether or not the original author is keeping the description current.
What do you find in a book that a digital format can not equal? Keep in mind, Niels, I am playing the devil's advocate here, not trying to be a sales rep for all that is ones and zeros. |:d|
Steve