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not being able to ctrl-F a textbook or have click-to-chapter links sure makes studying harder these days... and any scanning software worth it's salt will at least do the bare minimum OCR automatically...

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Look, it's all about authorial intent - if the author had wanted their book to be easy to reference or accessible to people who use screen readers, they would have published a DRM free PDF in the first place. Gotta respect the artist's vision.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

...and sometimes the artist turns out to be an idiot :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Or the professor who’s profiting off requiring the latest edition of their own book each year.