Topic > E-Books and Printed Books - 824

Revolution of the e-book phenomenon in the face of future generations, this phenomenon may have something that makes them forget about books. The book, in fact, cannot disappear because it has an inestimable value from a historical and educational point of view. The important reason for this is that people's lives have been recorded in the past, even their techniques of working in a book." There is reason to hope that e-books and paper books can have a bright future together” (Cato, 2013). E-book and printed book have many differences in terms of look, feel, storage, weight, cost, durability, availability, readability, etc. The sensation is the first difference between the e-book and the printed book. Readers cannot feel e-books, cannot touch them, and cannot write their own comments on them, but they can translate words from e-books very easily; they can use the electronic dictionary to easily translate the word whose meaning they want to know. Unlike printed books, readers can touch the sheets, they can turn them easily, they can put a mark on the page that they think is important, and they can also write their notes on the sheets of the book, but if they want they translate the word from the printed book , they have to look for the word elsewhere and sometimes can't find it easily. Furthermore, printed books are more entertaining than e-books: “A reader can concentrate on a single page of a paper book without losing sight of the entire text” (Jabr, 2013), nothing can distract the reader; it is also not harmful to the eyes unlike the e-book. Retention is the second difference. There has been speculation and some evidence that using electronic reading devices slows you down and makes you more likely to find… half the paper… particular books are hard to find right now. Due to copyright and related issues, there is not an eBook for every printed book. Many printed books are still being published before eBook editions existed. Books are generally more available than eBooks, and will remain so indefinitely due to copyrights, international legalities, publisher decisions, and purchasers' preference or need to own certain titles in paperback or other formats. In short, there are sex differences between e-book and printed book: feel, retention, weight, cost, durability and availability. I believe that both e-books and printed books have their advantages and disadvantages. People who love reading and at the same time love electronics can read whatever they want in their devices; printed books, on the other hand, are for those who like to read more carefully without damaging their eyes.