BassDaddy
eBOOK is the future and the future is now so get use to them. I do love having a book though. The tablet , at least, lays flat on the desk so that's a plus. I had always hoped to see a looseleaf  binder with updates to put in when available but looks doubtful. I would have paid a good amount for that and updates.

Hi Randy... yeah, I like being able to reference my collection of eBooks from pretty much anywhere... PC, laptop, tablet, and even my smartphone for quick reference.
 
Unfortunately, it's difficult and expensive to publish in non-standard formats. I don't remember the last time I saw a book available in looseleaf binder format.
 
Thanks!
Scott
http://www.garrigus.com/
 

 Those Sonar Power books can take up a lot of shelf space when you bought them since Sonar 2.

Hey, Scott!  How is that Platinum e-book going?  I want it!

it's pretty easy and low-cost to print out a pdf at a shop these days

TimV

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it's pretty easy and low-cost to print out a pdf at a shop these days

Scott said that he won't make it available as a pdf. When he did it before, it showed up all over the internet and he lost sales.

ah sorry, not necessarily "pdf" but "digital"

Definitely agree to the above sentiments. Having (or ability to print) a hard copy has gotten lost in technology. Easier to read, carry, markup, etc. Every time I write on, dog ear or use my monitor as a coaster I end up needing a new monitor for some reason.

I vote for electronic.  Do you have a strategy to address the rapid rate of change and feature additions, Scott?

Still working on it. Actually, you guys really need to check out the advantages of ebooks. Tablets are very inexpensive now and ebooks are great because you can basically carry your entire library around with you. In addition, you only need to purchase one copy and you can then put it on all of your personal devices (including your computer) using the free Amazon Reader apps.
 
On top of that, ebooks are searchable, just like any electronic document, which is much easier than trying to thumb through an index. And they usually cost less too.
 
In the meantime, go grab free subscriptions to my YouTube channels. As soon as I get enough people signed up, I'll be posting new videos... very shortly now...

* https://www.youtube.com/user/ScottGarrigus?sub_confirmation=1
* https://www.youtube.com/c/DigiFreqVideo?sub_confirmation=1
* https://www.youtube.com/c...deo?sub_confirmation=1
 
Thanks!
Scott

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Cactus Music
+1 to E books. Our family has had the Kobo's and a few Kindle's since they first came out. We now have the Glow versions which are great because they are backlit so you can read in bed with the lights out. As you get older that back lite and you can make the font huge is a big plus.

Yes, I forgot about that. Ebooks allow you to customize your reading experience... change the font, the font size, the color of the page, etc. You can also tap on a word to get the definition, add bookmarks, etc.
 
Scott

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No problem, Michael. Glad I could help.
 
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Good point, abacab!
Happy Thanksgiving
Michael

While ebooks are nice, they may not be everything the PR guys have lead us to believe. There are some serious questions and ongoing research about how much we retain when reading via ebook versus a traditional hard-copy book. Some of the articles on this subject can be found at:

• Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?
  http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/14/do-e-books-impair-memory/
• Speed and Retention — Are e-Readers Slower and More Forgetful?
  https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/03/21/speed-and-retention-are-e-readers-slower-and-more-forgetful/
• Books vs. e-books: The science behind the best way to read
  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kindle-nook-e-reader-books-the-best-way-to-read/
• Of e-books and memory retention
  http://idealog.co.nz/tech/2012/03/e-books-and-memory-retention

That being said, I have a Kindle and before that a Nook. I like both of them, and do a bit of reading on it. However, I can attest to the issue of memory retention. When I went back to school, I rented a chemistry ebook. It was cheaper, and as many have said, it has the search function. However, it was the worst thing for completing my school work. I found it hard to remember information, having to read the same material over and over to get it to 'stick'. And while the search function sounds good, it is useless when you get back 2000+ hits. It was the last time I used an ebook as a text book.
 
Which begs the question, if we are using ebooks for reference materials and learning new skills (such as Scott's book), are we going to have more frustration if we don't retain the material as readily? This is nothing against Scott, as the publishers are pushing the ebooks as hard as anyone for financial reasons. But I'm not so sure that hard-copy books are on death's doorstep. The sale of tablets/e-readers has dropped dramatically (just ask Apple about their sales of iPads). Even Amazon offers publishers the ability to create hard-copy books as well as ebooks from the same source material (through CreateSpace - https://www.createspace.com/).
 
Again, I would discount the hard-copy book yet. There is a reason why a significant number of folks want the option to print-out material, etc.

garrigus

abacab
I have the X3 Power ebook.  The search function is great.  Always used the printed version for past Cakewalk Sonar editions.

Thanks, John! By the way, do you like using search more than a regular book index?
 
Scott

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Yup Scott, sure do!!!  Years ago at work I faced a wall of tech manuals that covered the system we supported.  Each manual weighed about 10 pounds in it's binder.  Just the index alone required several volumes.  It seemed like it could take hours just to look up something.  This was way back before the interwebs thingy and Google search engines.  The Jurassic era of technology, LOL!
 
Fast forward a few years later and the vendor issued a CD-ROM version of the tech manuals, that contained everything on one disk, and it was searchable.  Wow!  That was a life changer, so yes, I have been a believer ever since.  Just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up
 
But I will add that a hyperlinked index in the ebook is also useful, as compared with a regular printed book index.

garrigus
 
Personally, a large percentage of my reading is electronic these days and I haven't seen any difference with retaining information. I'm not saying it's not true... it could be for some people, but I haven't seen it myself.

Agreed!
 
Maybe it's just that extra window open with Minecraft or Angry Birds, that's distracting