https://manuel.bernhardt.io/tags/book/Recent content in Book on Manuel BernhardtHugoenSat, 18 Feb 2023 20:54:16 +0100https://manuel.bernhardt.io/2016/07/15/the-reality-of-writing-a-technical-book/Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:18:15 +0200https://manuel.bernhardt.io/2016/07/15/the-reality-of-writing-a-technical-book/<p>Two days ago I received my copies of <a href="https://manuel.bernhardt.io/reactive-web-applications/">Reactive Web Applications</a>.</p> <p> <figure style="text-align: center"> <img src="https://manuel.bernhardt.io/wp-content/IMG_8064.jpg" class="pure-img" alt=""> <figcaption>Stairways to Reactive</figcaption> </figure> </p> <p>Needless to say, I had been waiting for this moment for some time. Even though the final PDF version had been out for a few weeks prior to this, nothing compares to holding in your hands an actual, physical, printed book (sites like <a href="https://www.printivity.com/books/perfect-bound-books">Printivity</a> could help out in this regard) and seeing the pages you&rsquo;ve been working on in context with the possibility of turning them back and forth. Call me old-fashioned, but when it comes to reading a book with the purpose of learning new material I have the feeling that printed books have a better quality to it, with some form of tactile memory helping to remember the contents better.</p>