Advantages of E-books Versus Paper Books
With advances in digital technology, there is increasing popularity of reading electronic books over traditional paper books. For example, ebooks now outsell traditional ones on Amazon. Although paper books still have tremendous values and have own market niche, as evident from the number of books placed on shelves at various retailers, e-books will be the trend of text publishing going forward. There are many glaring advantages that e-books have over traditional paper books, as e-books are more convenient to carry, have greater update capacity, have greater storage capacity, more accessible and environmental friendly. This paper will therefore elaborate on the advantages of e-books and provide a comparative analysis of e-books versus traditional books.
Similar to any type of argument, there will always be advantages and disadvantages for each of paper book and e-book. Therefore prior to outlining the advantages of ebook, and discussing how those advantages outweigh its disadvantages for the purpose of objectivity this essay will first describe the advantages of the traditional hardcopy books, which had formed some of the counterarguments, and subsequently address these issues one by one and comparatively highlight the advantages of ebooks.
Paper books will always have its special, irreplaceable place for certain readers, and therefore will always have its own market with its followers. The experience is always special. There are the unique qualities of paper, the feeling of weight of the paper book. Paper provides an intimacy of interaction that no other medium can provide. Moreover for some people, reading paper book had become one of the indispensable components of their. . . . . . middle of paper. . . . . . be interactive, as it can contain audio, video, animations all of which can enhance the reading experience (Gardiner and Musto, 2010). Increased interactiveness of the reading material will enhance the understanding of the contents being read, and hence the learning of the material (Gardiner and Musto, 2010)
To conclude, there are many distinguished advantages that e-books have over traditional paper books, as e-books are lightweight, portable and hence convenient to carry, have greater update capacity, have greater storage capacity, easily accessible through online downloading as well as being environmental friendly (with saving trees). With ongoing technological development of ebooks, there have since been many added functionality for ebooks (rotational screen, hyperlink, split screen) with
Advantages
of E-books Versus Paper Books
With advances in digital technology, there is increasing popularity of
reading
electronic
books
over
traditional
paper
books
.
For example
,
ebooks
now
outsell
traditional
ones on Amazon. Although paper
books
still
have tremendous values and have
own
market niche, as evident from the number of
books
placed on shelves at various retailers, e-books will be the trend of text publishing going forward. There are
many
glaring
advantages
that e-books have over
traditional
paper
books
, as e-books are more convenient to carry, have greater update
capacity
, have greater storage
capacity
, more accessible and environmental friendly. This paper will
therefore
elaborate on the
advantages
of e-books and provide a comparative analysis of e-books versus
traditional
books.
Similar to any type of argument, there will always be
advantages
and disadvantages for each of paper
book
and e-book.
Therefore
prior to outlining the
advantages
of
ebook
, and discussing how those
advantages
outweigh its disadvantages for the purpose of objectivity this essay will
first
describe
the
advantages
of the
traditional
hardcopy
books
, which had formed
some of the
counterarguments, and
subsequently
address these issues one by one and
comparatively
highlight the
advantages
of
ebooks
.
Paper
books
will always have its special, irreplaceable place for certain readers, and
therefore
will always have its
own
market with its followers. The experience is always special. There are the unique qualities of paper, the feeling of weight of the paper
book
. Paper provides an intimacy of interaction that no other medium can provide.
Moreover
for
some
people
,
reading
paper
book
had become one of the indispensable components of their.
.
.
.
.
.
middle
of paper.
.
.
.
.
.
be
interactive, as it can contain audio, video, animations all of which can enhance the
reading
experience (Gardiner and
Musto
, 2010). Increased
interactiveness
of the
reading
material will enhance the understanding of the contents
being read
, and
hence
the learning of the material (Gardiner and
Musto
, 2010)
To conclude
, there are
many
distinguished
advantages
that e-books have over
traditional
paper
books
, as e-books are lightweight, portable and
hence
convenient to carry, have greater update
capacity
, have greater storage
capacity
,
easily
accessible through online downloading
as well
as being environmental friendly (with saving trees). With ongoing technological development of
ebooks
, there have since been
many
added
functionality
for ebooks
(rotational screen, hyperlink, split screen)
with