Ebooks
The frenzy over electronic media is becoming a hot topic for many reasons today. E-books, one of the newest electronic sources, are becoming more and more talked about in debates dealing with readings. Although e-books have their advantages, the disadvantages seem to overwhelm in many cases. I feel the Internet is very useful to get electronic articles, but they are easier to read if they are on paper. According to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in "Click if You Dar: It's Cyberscript", the e-book was very appealing in its book-like size and shape (Lehmann-Haupt 1). Being able to just throw it in her purse and go struck Michelle V. Rafter in "E-Books May Become Mainstream through New Devices and Titles" in a positive way (Rafters 1). The use of controls with the e-book also seems to be very beneficial. Lehmann-Haupt goes on to say that turning pages with a touch of a button is easy. Shrinking or enlarging print and moving to any part of the book with a click helps in many cases (Lehmann-Haupt 1). According to James Bunnelle in "The E-Book: Future or Fad", SoftBook came out with a reader that used a stylus with a touch-sensitive screen. The advantages to this are being able to annotate text, highlight important passages,
Rich, Fraqnk. "Stephen King's Week of Terror." New York Times On The Web 25 As an overall perspective I feel e-books, though convenient in some aspects as discussed, are probably more of a hassle to people who read. Since many of the people who buy the majority of books are older, they are more inclined to buy the text version because it is less strenuous on their eyes. Many kids these days are impressed by the computer's capabilities, and would therefore pick up an e-book over a text version. Money can also be an issue with some, which causes one to buy a book instead of an e-book reader. I personally like working on the computer as opposed to picking up a book. On The Web 20 Mar. 2000. http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/032000king-bullet.html
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