Hi Simon, thanks for this question! We understand and are sympathetic to the benefits of making the handbook available as a PDF/printed book. For now, we don't have copyright/authors' permissions to do this and so we can't currently make the handbook into a printable version. If there is enough demand, we might re-visit and try to make this doable in the future.
Hi Jesse! Thanks for replying, and good to hear that you are also positive idea, even though - the answer seems to be clear here. I'll hold my thumbs for the future!
I would love a physical copy of the newest version of the EA Handbook, and if one has a PDF file, you can use Blurb to get a book of it (much like this this method with HPMoR).
Does anyone know an easy way of transforming the handbook blogposts into a suitable file to print?
Is this something CEA would even approve of? And how would you do with copyright in general?
Is this something other people would like, too?
Pros:
*Personal preference for physical books over digital blogposts (in terms of enjoyment and easiness to pick up and read)
*Easy to hand out physically to people that are curious about EA and use at, for example, physical intro fellowships
Cons:
*Possible time spent on making the PDF file.
*Highly inefficient when it comes to updates to the handbook.
*Does not contain the richness of links as the online version.
I prefer pfs's as well! I would read it on my e-book reader. I agree with the pros and cons, and i'll add the incompatibility between videos and paper/e-book readers, as i've understood, you include videos now and then in the handbook... But i'd still prefer to read the reading on something else than a pc/phone screen.
I might even have a reasonable chance of infecting my dad with EA, if i could send him this handbook as an e-book or pdf..!