Comments on: The Truth About eBooks And Exam Prepration

By: Kuldeep narwariya

Kuldeep narwariya — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 02:36:52 +0000

In reply to Nithin C.

hi…I read your article,i agree with you.
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By: Rinsu Paul

Rinsu Paul — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:05:32 +0000

In reply to Narendhara kumar . V.

xactly true man…
i usually copy the materials from the ebooks and get it printed out for my preperations.
lookin at a screen for more than 1 hr isnt possible… unless its a movie, or a game.

By: Ishan

Ishan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:46:47 +0000

In reply to Nithin C. @Nitin C. I totally agree with you, dude.

By: srikanth

srikanth — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:03:40 +0000

i think , we have to read both eBooks and other study material . We can gain extra knowledge from eBooks

By: Saheli

Saheli — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:10:36 +0000

New adobe comes with features where we can comment,highlight add texts to pdf.. which r easy and handy..

By: rohith

rohith — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:57:08 +0000

200 percent true!!!!

By: Sai Kiran

Sai Kiran — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:12:59 +0000

I too search net for topics, but rarely save ebooks, as soon as I find a worthy point from net I just note it down in my notes. I prefer wikipedia and other fourms to get my doubts clarified. I feel it’s good to learn from the net in parallel or at the end of small topics where there is missing clarity. I just search Google for my doubts, depth in subject, and some interesting points.

By: Anup

Anup — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:51:34 +0000

I agree with nitin C

By: Nithin C

Nithin C — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:01:31 +0000

I am complete fan of your blog and I am a subscriber from 2010. I have read almost all of your posts since then and it was always helpful.

I totally disagree with you about “The truth about e-books and exam preparation”. I studied my entire B Tech and M Tech course using ebooks only. Moreover I cleared Gate 2010 and obtained an admission in IIT Kharagpur. I prepared the GATE exam using ebooks only. Currently I am doing Phd at IIT kharagpur and I use ebooks for studying for the coursework. I never found any difficulty in studying from ebook and I prefer ebooks over hardcopy.

Time spend on collecting ebooks is very much. I agree on that. But I think that that is worth because of the utility and convenience of ebooks. Distraction is always there in life. For me with ebook or hardcopy distractions will kill the time. If laptop is of I spend time in chatting (via sms) or listening songs on phone. So the effect is always the same. ( I always prefer music while studying. Some of the scientific studies have proved that music can really help in concentrating and avoid other distractions.)

Ebooks are the most convenient form of books as we can carry it anywhere in a thumbdrive or can access via cloud services like Google docs, Dropbox, Ubuntuone, etc. As most of the people have broadband connections or Plug and Surf devices, it wont be difficult to access these. But you are right about the inaccessibility of these fcilities in rural areas. ‘ As necessity is the mother of invention’ and ‘demand is the driving force for market’, I believe these facilities will become available in near future. But it will not help students currently preparing for a competitive exam. They have to depend on hard copies.

Another important fact is that ebooks are very cost effective. The cost of hardcopies are too much and common man or middle class cannot afford it. This is true regarding biotechnology but I am not sure about other subjects. Most of the good text books cost more than 5000 INR and atleast 7 such books are needed for preparation of Gate. Ebooks are saviour in this case. Also if we plan to buy hardcopy books, we cannot go for more than author for a subject due to economic considerations. But ebooks are very convenient in this case.

By: POORNIMA

POORNIMA — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:23:23 +0000

It is true! Printed versions are always the best handy ones for any preparation. And for that matter, best for eyes too. Soft copies do distract one easily for sure. Right points.

By: Asr

Asr — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 07:13:37 +0000

Very important note

By: sanjeev kumar

sanjeev kumar — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:44:11 +0000

I agree with you…Printed books are good.. But for those who dont have money to buy it ,e book is good options…One thing we can do to avoid distraction is just remove internet connection while studying.

By: Abhilash

Abhilash — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:23:06 +0000

I totally agree with you. Printed books are nice because staring at them dont cause eye strain.

By: Narendhara kumar . V

Narendhara kumar . V — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:10:36 +0000

Respected Sir, u clearly present like a mirror whats going on my mind. I too the lover of ebooks of all kinds , especially story books. I didnt have computer but i started collecting the books related to my studies too using my college internet. As you told about technology I recently got penta tablet before 4 months and now I am using that ebooks for my studies and opens the same book in minimum three ebook reader (to urgently refer important tables and figures which was in another page to avoid scrolling everytime). Just a minimise is required and easy too in android. On coming to point that the very worthy and rich data having books are costly and pushed us to hav it has ebooks only. I am in confusion what to do and how to do abt hard copy. Now I got clear idea to get printout of important ones alone. I wil make use of it outer areas especially in my bus travelling. Thanks for great idea. Even it is small it wasn’t strike out in my mind before reading this article. I also follow your words that, to read and study the important areas using old question papers. And surprised to get a approximate blueprint. Thanks a lot sir. This is not just thanks with words. Its from soul. You are developing india.