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Ask HN: Where do you get your reading material from?

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Where do you get your technical reading material from ? Engineering Blogs/ Books / Guides / Tutorials ?

From technical learning for new topics, I am using safaribooksonline.com on a trial basis and so far I have liked the experience of being able to read from whatever material I want.

Are there any similar services out there which are more affordable?

For the ones who have used it, how do you rate safaribooksonline ? Is it worth paying the hefty subscription fees?

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I am primarily using Safari. I was not able to find any alternative services that offers such a wide variety of books. I got it at 50% off couple months ago... I am not sure I'd pay the full price for it. I like the selection and the idea of being able to browse any book in the library... Some books work better than others, as some are HTML. Sometimes formatting is off, and if the book is image heavy it might be completely unreadable... one example is Value Proposition Design.

I don't quite like their Queues idea. I tend to read books, not arbitrary chapters from books... Maybe I just didn't give it enough time. I wish they didn't make it the primary feature... it kind of gets on the way of someone like me who is trying to read a book as a whole.

Safari still offers an alternative option which is a bit more affordable. See if it works for you https://ssl.safaribooksonline.com/subscribe