E-Books are a superb medium for reading for a number of reasons. These include:
- Font size can be adjusted
- Can be read from a number of different platforms
- Cheap
- Doesn’t take up much space.
- Can be printed (if you so insist).
What are the benefits and advantages of ebooks?
- Delivery is almost instantaneously. You can purchase, download and start reading an EBook within minutes, without leaving your chair. You don’t have to go to a bookstore to buy them, nor wait for them for days, weeks and sometimes more to arrive in the mail.
- No trees are required to manufacture paper for the pages of eBooks.
- When you need certain information, you can get it immediately, by downloading an eBook.
- EBooks take up less space. You practically don’t need any space to store them. You don’t need a library or a room for them. You can store hundreds and thousands of eBooks on your computer or reading device.
- EBooks are portable. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you, on CD, in a laptop, notebook, a flash drive or any eBook reader, without worrying about their weight.
- With today’s technology you can read eBooks everywhere — on the bus, train, airplane, and while standing in line.
- EBooks are more safely stored and carried from one place to another, than ordinary books. They also withstand time better than books.
- EBooks can show links, for easy access to more information and related websites.
- EBooks are searchable. You can easily search for any information in an eBook, instead of turning page after page.
- EBooks can be interactive and contain audio, video and animations, which can enhance the message that the author is trying to convey.
- EBooks are delivered through the Internet, so there are no packing and shipping expenses.
- EBooks can be printable, so that if you wish to read an eBook in the traditional way, you can very inexpensively print it with your home printer or at any printing shop.
- Fonts in eBooks can be resized, making it easier to read for people with disabilities. With additional software it is possible to turn some of the eBooks into audio books.
- EBooks are very easy to sell and distribute.
- It is very simple and easy to purchase and download an eBook. People living in big modernized cities, in a remote village in a far away country or on a small island, can equally access an eBook. It takes them the same amount of time to purchase and download an eBook, provided they have an Internet connection.
It is possible to purchase an eBook 24 hours a day, every day of the year, from the comfort of your own house or office. You can purchase and download an eBook, even if you are on a vacation. All you need is a laptop, tablet. Smartphone, or a reading device, and wireless Internet connection.
Nowadays, one can find eBooks about every possible subject, fiction and nonfiction, free and not free.
