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@ganjaman couldn't find PDFs of these, and plus I prefer physical books whenever I can get them. So much easier on the eyes and nicer feel.
I also find that I don't really commit to a book if it's a pdf, as evidenced by the large numbers of unread pdf-books. In contrast, most of my physical books have seen significant usage. -
@ganjaman I have a Kindle, love the thing, and I have a lot of books on it, both technical and otherwise, and it's probably my most used gadget but still, nah. Not even close to the same feel. Plus it's a bit icky for PDFs and Kindle versions of technical books don't always render diagrams, code, and equations correctly. It's fine for other fields, I have a bunch of history and anthropology and economics stuff there too, does okay (along with tons of regular books).
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http://libgen.io
*flies away*
Unexpected downside to studying/having an interest in computer graphics - it's not that widespread a field so not many of the books have local editions. Which means I need to spend like $60+ for the good books (Real-time Rendering, Physically Based Rendering, etc.) (and sometimes international shipping too), which is a pretty large amount for a student here. It's sad because local editions of technical books rarely go above $20 (heck, above $15 is rare too).
Still worth it though, those books are easily good enough that the return on investment in knowledge/future prospects will be massive (highly recommend those two if you're into graphics btw, two of the best technical books I have).
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expensive books