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I believe in all digital books. It lacks that real feeling of a book i.e. having paper/something physical, but for tech books it's nice to have them digital for a couple of reasons:

1. Copying code from the book to an editor is MUCH easier. 2. Books take up physical space and it's hard to be mobile when you have to pack/unpack and move heavy things that you aren't going to be constantly using. I define things that I constantly use that are like my computer, laptop, kettle. 3. Cmd/Ctrl + F - I can't live without it even with a digital index.

That seems perfectly appropriate for a back-to-basics language like Go!

I wouldn't admit to that publicly, if I was you.

Why? There are so many great resources online these days, it wouldn't surprise that many programmers have never bought a programming book.

Also, libraries. I read a lot of technical books when I was a kid, but I certainly couldn't have afforded to shell out the $80-100 for each of them.

Maybe he just prefers to buy books in kindle/epub formats.

I see no harm in doing so. I have a ton of books in digital formats, just never thought about buying a physical copy before. The only reason I did so this time is because I have some travelling upcoming, so it's ideal to read on the plane.