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Originally Posted by deacsoft
My thoughts on this are as follows...
I think e-books are a good source of information...
I have often looked at the 100+ poker books on my shelf...
Well said.
In terms of the various authors' claims of success, yes I agree with the belief that they may be stretching it a little in terms of what will come from reading their material. But at the same time, I think for certain people who have the aptitude and desire to digest it all, learn from it, and then apply it correctly (no easy task), the claims might not be that far off the mark. But, obviously not everyone has the ability to do that. In fact, I also think the people who can, would likely eventually reach higher levels without the information in these books, but just at a slower pace. So, the books help accelerate process and thereby add value. Also, on the flip side of that is the reality that some people no matter how many books or ebooks they read, videos the watch, etc, they just won't make $$$. Now for everyone else somewhere in the middle, as expressed in this thread, different people look for and get different things out of these books. While input from others as to the worth of a book when making a purchase decision is nice, the end result is not what others got from it; but what you got from the book. If the person buying it thought they got their monies worth, or didn't, or got more, that's all that matters.
I personally don't get all these ebook threads where people are bashing them simply on cost. There are surely lots of things in this world that the cost vs. value is subjective. ebooks are just pokers version of that. If you've got the money and want to spend it, so be it.