Learning calculus with a digital copy of a textbook

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Hi, I'm in 12 grade, and I always was a decent student but recently I became more fascinated by learning and I want to learn some math and physics beyond high school level.
One or two weeks ago I started the calculus course on mit ocw (18.01sc) (at session 17 right now, right before lecture 7), I watch everything, take notes and solve problems but I feel like it would be nicer to learn from a book instead (or in addition to) the 18.01sc.
I found in a post here a recommendation to read Keisler book on calculus but have doubts with learning from the digital copy, does someone here had experienced with reading a math textbook from your pc monitor?
can you give me some tips to make it feel more native? maybe, I should buy or print it instead.
I need some guidance, I don't have any experience of learning outside of school.
Thanks for reading.
 
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I would look into how much it costs to print - as a student, sometimes our professors would give us PDFs of textbooks and it would usually cost $20-30 to print and bind them.
 
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there's nothing better than a physical copy of a book to me. But it can be cumbersome hauling multiple texts around campus so for this reason I keep physical texts are home usually and have digital copies on my computer when leaving the house. You get used to them. Its also nice to be able to cntrl+f
 
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