That is the way i learned as well (with books). The funny thing is you won't be able to develop your on style with just one book. I think my grow style gets a small piece from every book i have read. The internet was around when i first started growing but very young. It seemed like there was a lot of BAD information on there as well when researching a subject making it difficult for new growers to navigate. When asked these days i recommend growweedeasy.com to new growers it has some good basic information and is a good place to start. If one were to study that site well and then come to a forum like this could shave years off of the learning curve.and back in day, the Jorge and Rosenthal books taught me evrythng I needed to know to get started as well.... that was before I even got involved with using the internet , been some mileage thru the years ~ learning from mistakes is evrythng ,and still learning all the time....any1 who says they know it all....doesnt, so many styles...its awesome man