His opinion is certainly not unreasonable, and I'm impressed that he's willing to give up a significant amount of revenue to release the book the way he wants to see it.
That said, I'm fairly frustrated that there is no electronic version. I like to take book notes too, but I like to take them on my Kindle, and I have no plans to buy more paper books. I feel like both the author and I are missing out because of his uncompromising position. (Assuming his position is what the Quora post claims..)
> I'm impressed that he's willing to give up a significant amount of revenue to release the book the way he wants to see it.
I don't think that revenue would be as significant to him as it would be to the average person.
So it seems more of a control thing, which I find unfortunate. Maybe the paper version is 'better', but presumably, if the book is good, an eBook version would be better than no version, and for some people, that is the choice.
Essentially he wants people to be able to use it as a workbook, and not as a quick read (if that's even possible).