For those like me who love their books in print will be pleased with this article in today's edition of The Sydney Morning Herald (Jan 19 2015).
Sales of print books in 2014 were up in the lead-up to Christmas while E-Readers struggle to sell. Not to mention, E-Readers have their own threats to competition like Tablets and smartphones. Also they are quite durable tools with long battery life. Why replace something thats not broken?
It feels like as well E-Readers don't get as much attention in ads and catalogues like they did even a year ago.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post, published an article about the case against E-Readers. If there is one thing that I agree with in terms of print over electronic text, is the interaction with the text. One can absorb information more easily.
Christian News magazine The Philadelphia Trumpet featured an article in its January edition also presenting the case for print over electronic text, but with a Christian perspective. One point of interest is being able to highlight and annotate text to help you understand what is being written.
As I have pointed out in the past, there is room for E-Books and Printed Books.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
We love E-Readers but we also love printed books
A recent article published on The Conservation website mentions that we love to buy e-readers but we also love to read printed books?
Something isn't right when I made that remark. We should love one or the other in this day and age. Right?
I have noticed how hard it is to get some best sellers or popular reads in an E-Book format and that is a concern because it is denying those who want to read an E-format the chance to read their favourite book on a format that suits them. There are some who prefer the printed version, but cannot obtain a printed copy and hence want an E-Book.
But I did notice one thing missing in the article and I think it answers the question as to why we love printed books - the tactile experience of reading a book and mentally the connection one has when a printed copy in their hands.
Something isn't right when I made that remark. We should love one or the other in this day and age. Right?
I have noticed how hard it is to get some best sellers or popular reads in an E-Book format and that is a concern because it is denying those who want to read an E-format the chance to read their favourite book on a format that suits them. There are some who prefer the printed version, but cannot obtain a printed copy and hence want an E-Book.
But I did notice one thing missing in the article and I think it answers the question as to why we love printed books - the tactile experience of reading a book and mentally the connection one has when a printed copy in their hands.
