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…e author knows his or her stuff. A more reasonable concern is copy editing. While publishers may no longer be vetting the technical aspects well as they should (The book RESTful Web Services, for example, has assorted (mostly minor) technical errors) the overall editing quality tends to be good. I have less faith in sole author/editor/publisher set-ups to have proper grammar and consistent use of the author's voice, for example. OTOH, most E-books tend to be cheaper than printed books, and are often bought to expedite some development process. If I can save myself an hour two of research and dead-ends while working on a paid contract, then I've easily saved myself many times the cost of the book. Finally, printed books go on sale, too, or end up in the discount bin, so while it's not the same as finding out you could have gotten something…