Advantages & Disadvantages of eBooks

Advantages & Disadvantages of eBooks

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   • Physical things
     • never lose your page (mention two physical types of bookmarks and their problems)
     • not heavy (college and high school students benefit)
     • never lose your book (no fees for being late or lost)
     • can't rip pages
     • treeless and inkless
     • "durability": no yellowing of pages, stains, etc.
     • if the physical copy is lost it may be available online
     • automatic bookmarks
     • easy to read in dark
   • Money $$$
     • "cheaper" to produce and buy
   • Convenience
     • don't have to flip pages
     • have other tabs and music, etc. open
     • adjustable text size, colors, brightness
     • eBooks can be read by computer

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   • Physical things
     • battery power needed, a charge, a cord, a full battery
     • strain on eyes
     • must have a device
     • you cannot read in very cold or moist conditions
     • can't loan out the book same way as a physical book
     • can't get an autographed copy
     • new book smell, old book smell
     • feeling the pages, the cover
     • real pages that are rough or gold-coated
     • 3D covers
     • PERSONAL ANECDOTE: Ology series (a quill was with book, envelopes)
     • flaps, moving parts to page, coloring, note taking, stickers
     • hard to read in the sun
   • Money $$$
     • lost device is expensive
       • used books are cheaper but there are no used eBooks
   • Emotional aspects
     • "nostalgia"
       • a book that's been in the family for years
       • a book you had as a child
       • memories of a flashlight under the covers
     • feel / smell of a book might be a memory
     • a book with someone's handwriting in it

3. Quotes from The Writers' House UK Team