E-book: good and bad

E-books are flat electronic boards designed with functionality for readers and can download content through basic book software, books are often equipped with advanced screens and technologies outstanding to bring comfort to readers.

Every time a new e-book is presented, there is a wave of pervasive praise from the community of users who are willing to use it.

Experts who analyze the technology of big websites like Engadget and Gizmodo until big names like The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal are also keen to give reviews about the device after they have been used. to try on.

Well-known companies including Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi and Fujitsu have funded millions of dollars over the past two decades for device development research that they hope will replace pine paper books. often, changing the reading style of humanity, which was invented by the father of the book, was the Gutenberg Bible from the 15th century when he published his first Bible in Mainz (Germany).

Where a lot of useful information is needed in the hand, e-book is an ideal device. It is a useful device for pilots, or scientists working in the Arctic. For weak vision readers, e-books allow for maximum font size for readability.

The e-book makers believe that this device will soon become popular among technology analysts, nerds and journalists. It will really replace traditional paper books to become bestsellers for genres such as novels, encyclopedias, and politicians' autobiography. The ideal for screen technology and ideal equipment is to use light energy battery, and can read the words even in the sun, with the function of downloading books online.

However, e-books still have some disadvantages, for example they are quite expensive. The hardware itself is worth thousands of dollars. Worse, books do not have a strong discount policy in their electronic versions. The publication "Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time" by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed, has a price of 11.2 USD. The same book, in its electronic format, sells for $ 9.95 via eBooks.com. The main reason for the value of e-books is not cheap because of the principle of intellectual property irrespective of material properties of books.

According to calculations, people with enough interest in books spend about $ 25 billion a year to buy books. For those who love books, they like to enjoy the feeling of admiring books, page by page, reading every word and illustration with nuances that e-books do not display properly on the screen. Collection of books is one of the most common habits of mankind, those who play books often consider them to be invaluable gifts of the world.

Another major barrier to the growth of the e-book market is that although many people are ready for a change in reading culture, it is still possible to use computers to read and write internally. Also, there are laptops, cell phones and PDAs for similar functions.

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