Zusammenfassung der Ressource
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
- Quotes from The Writers' House UK Team