E-Books And Print Books

Revolution e-books phenomenon facing the future generations to come, this phenomenon could have something that makes them forget the books. In fact, the books can not disappear because it is invaluable in terms of historical and educational. The important reason for this is that people's lives have been recorded in the past, even their own techniques of their work on a book.” There is reason to hope that e-books and print books could have a bright future together” (Catone, 2013). E-book and printed book have many differences from their look, feel, retention, weigh, cost, durability, availability, legibility etc.

Sensation is the first difference between the e-book and printed book. The readers cannot sense electronic books, they cannot touch them, and they cannot write on them his comments, but they can translate the words from e-books very easily; they can use the electronic dictionary to translate the word that they want to know its meaning easily. Unlike printed books, readers can touch the papers, they can flip them easily, they can put a sign on the page that they think that its important, and also they can write their notes on the papers of the book, but if they want to translate the word of the printed book, they have to look at the word in another place, and sometimes they cannot find the word easily. Moreover, printed books are more enjoyable than e-books, “A reader can focus on a single page of a paper book without losing sight of the whole text” (Jabr, 2013), nothing can distract the reader; it's also not harmful for their eyes unlike the e-book.

Retention is the second difference. There’s been speculation and some evidence that using e-reading devices slows you down and makes you more apt to f...

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...ime it’s hard to find particular books. Due to copyrights and related issues, there is no an eBook for every printed book. Many printed books are still published before eBook editions exist. Books are generally more available than eBooks, and this will be so indefinitely due to copyrights, international legalities, publishers’ decisions, and the preference or need of buyers to own certain titles in print or other formats.

In short, there are sex differences between e-book and printed book: feel, retention, weigh, cost, durability, and availability. I believe that both e-books and printed books have their own advantage and disadvantage. People who love to read and at the same time they like electronics, they can read whatever they want in their devices; on the other hand, printed books are for those who like to read more carefully without damaging their eyes.