E-Books: Pros and cons

Pros

Cons

· It’s simple to carry dozens of books at once. · In some cases, books may cost less per title. · It is easy to search an entire book by word or phrase, and still have the option of using a Table of contents or index. · Write notes or do highlighting without damaging the book. · Change the size of the text and, in some cases, choose a preferred font. · The universe of public domain books is rapidly becoming within reach of anyone with access to a device with an Internet connection; lots of ‘free’ oprions. · Academically-oriented eBook sites will often show proper citation format for multiple styles and work with such software as EndNote and Refworks. · Find yourself with time on your hands? (at a doctor’s office, on line, etc.) Pull put a small device and access your personal library. · If you read a lot but don’t necessarily want to keep all your books or have room for many books, the reader is a compact storage device or you can delete books.

· It can be difficult to print as much as you’d like to – and sometimes you’re not allowed to print any pages at all, depending on your ebook format or simply restrictions from the publisher, which could be a problem for non-fiction, reference, and textbooks. · If your battery dies, your book dies. eInk technology allows you to read much longer – but not forever. · Non-eInk eBook readers especially, can be hard on the eyes. · Plenty of books are simply not available in digital format. · For libraries buing eBooks, some titles are held hostage in expensive collections: a library sometimes can’t buy one title for $100 – they must buy the ‘collection’ for $5,000. Can’t afford the collection? You don’t get the book. · How perishable are books made of bits? Answer: In some cases, Ouite. Read your terms before buying an eBook if you want to won if forever. Even then changes in future access formats could create future headaches. · A book you want to buy may not be available in a file format that your e-reader can access. · E-Books are hard to cite in academic papers as most do not have standard page numbers.

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