E-books have certain distinct advantages over traditional books. Here are 5 that make e-books pip traditional books
- E-books are easy on the environment: Physical bo
oks require reams of paper that are printed and bound and shipped. The burden on the environment is huge and so is the burden on your conscience. However e-books can help you develop a guilt free reading habit. Their electronic nature allows multiple copies to be made with additional cost. Sharing is easy too. - E-books require zero maintenance: Buying is only the first part of possessing a physical book. Maintaining them carefully in your bookshelf, ensuring a family of silverfish do not take interest in your books, dusting them regularly, keeping them bound, making sure you deal the physical wear and tear – all of these require constant tender loving care to be bestowed on your physical books. E-books are hassle free to maintain with none of these worries. They stay on the cloud till you summon them to be read. In case your digital copy is corrupted, you download a copy again.
- E-books are a lot cheaper: Nothing beats ebooks when it comes to the cost factor. They are easy to peruse, easy to order, easy to download and easy to start reading at a moment’s notice. However, all these advantage do not come at an extra cost. Rather these benefits make ebook publishing effectively effortless and costless.
- Carry an entire library of e-books with you: How many physical ebooks can you lug to your weekend vacation getaway? 5, 20, 50….Here too e-books score massively. You can carry your entire load of a 1000 e-books with you to your vacation getaway. And all this without bothering to pack them neatly into your luggage. Now that’s mind bending, isn’t it?
- E-books can be given e-dog-ears aka digital bookmarks: Last, but not the least, you may be required to give dog ears to your physical books to bookmark the page you are on. However e-books allow you to leave a digital bookmark. Not one but multiple bookmarks too. All without physically damaging your precious book. All e-book reading software automatically let you start reading from the last page you stopped.
oks require reams of paper that are printed and bound and shipped. The burden on the environment is huge and so is the burden on your conscience. However e-books can help you develop a guilt free reading habit. Their electronic nature allows multiple copies to be made with additional cost. Sharing is easy too.
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