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Advantages
of ebooks
* Take up little space.*
Hundreds (or thousands) may be carried together on one device.
*Approximately 500 average e-books can be stored on one CD (equivalent to
several shelves' worth of print books). * Because they take up little space,
e-books can be offered indefinitely, with no 'out of print' date, allowing
authors to continue to earn royalties indefinitely (copyright law
permitting), and allowing readers to find older works by favorite authors. *
E-books may be read in low light or even total darkness, with a back-lit
device. * Type size and type face may be adjusted. * Can be used with
text-to-speech software. * Readily reformatted for independent platforms.*
Instantly copied.
* When a backup is kept in a remote place, cannot be lost by fire, etc. *
Once distributed, elimination is difficult and sometimes impossible. * Can
be distributed at low cost.
* Distributed instantly, allowing readers to begin reading at once, without
the need to visit a bookstore. * An excellent choice of format for works
that benefit from search and cross-reference capabilities, such as
dictionaries, reference works, certain kinds of textbooks.
* Your purchase is consummated quickly--no shipping charges and no waiting
for the courier. * If your computer is a laptop, then your ebooks are
portable--in fact, your entire library of ebooks is portable. * If you want
you can keep the e-book stored in your mail box. You can read them even when
you are not in your city! * Within the ebook, you have complete
"search-for-word" capability * EBooks cost less than printed books because
there is no paper, ink, binding, or associated labor involved.
* Interactivity: readers can also take notes, underline, and bookmark pages.
* Personalization: the back-lighting and font size can be increased - ideal
for the visually impaired. * Environmentally friendly-paper free e-books
save trees.
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