Alshaban, Mohammad
Research level 5
Date: 3/8/11
E-books vs. Printed Books
How you will feel if you have two hundreds books in your hand, or having one device for tow hundreds books. What I referred in the previous sentence is having an e-book. The e-books have been change many things in the readers live. For example, some readers prefer to hold their books and read it, but they still can’t take all their books with them. So, when the readers need some books they have to get it from the library. Although, the e-books have a library in their system, so you can download any book that you want. In this research I will explain what an e-book is. Also, I will write the pros and the cons of the e-books and printed books and to show which one is better to use.
Before I start my research someone may ask what is an e-book? The answer for this questions that e-book is electronic book that containing all the information that the printed book would have. Although, the e-book is a small device and it will contain more than one book. So, using e-books will make the readers life coming more flexible, also more easer. E-books have many versions in the electronic market where the people can buy them. Every version has different options for one purpose make the reader life more easer.
The advantage and the disadvantage of having e-book are a lot. For example, one of the advantage of the e-books is you can download your book from anywhere without leaving your home; It’s like you having a library in your hand. Another advantage of the e-book is you can store many books in your e-book without taking a space or room for the books in your home. one of the advantage for reader with disabilities is you make the text more bigger, so how has disability in his eye he can read better than printed book. Another advantage for disability readers that the e-book contains audio service, so how have eyes problem can listen to the book instead of reading it. Imagine you need to buy a book in middle of the night and all the stores are closed, however the store in the e-book is online so you can download any books in any time. Also with the e-book you have the ability to read in the dark places.
The disadvantages of e-books are less than the advantages. For example, some people can’t afford to buy an e-book because; it’s more expensive than the printed books. With having e-book you can’t share the book or the store that you read with other friends. Also if you will use an e-book all the time, it required to charge it constantly. E-books reader sometime they face a trouble with finding their books available online. Although, each e-book has its own software so, if we want to add sittings which in turn may be not easily available. Also some people did not accustom to read from digitals screen so, they may have problem with reading.
Printed book also has some advantages as will. For example, person who can’t afford electronic devices can get a printed book. Printed books can help you understand more easily. When we read printed books, you can take notes so that you can easily understand what the writer wants to tell you. It’s much easier for non computer readers to read from printed book. Printed books can help you understand more easily. When we read printed books, we can take notes so that we can easily understand what the writer wants to tell us.

Also printed books do have disadvantages. One is you either has to go to the bookstore to buy the book, or you can go to the local library to check out a book. Another disadvantage is if you need to move several books with you it will be difficult and it can be a heavy-duty chore. And if you will buy printed books it will cost you more than the e-books. With reading printed book you will face a trouble reading it in the dark places for example in the car or in the airplane, you have to have installed light in the please that you will read in.
Did you know about the e-book from Amazon? The reply may be hard to explain. This is such a brilliant and advanced device, but great for any reading level. E-books have become very popular occurrence very fast.E-books, like the Kindle; make reading fun, new, and convenient. The very slim Kindle is only one third of an inch thick. It has a very large screen with flexible text size; ranging from small to large. The kindle also allows you to change the screen view from portrait to landscape to ensure a flawless viewing experience. The unique electronic ink display makes for a wonderfully crisp and clear view no matter the lighting. The images are extremely pure and there is never a glare. Unlike many computer screens which may exhaust the eyes easily, it is like reading from paper. Other great features the Kindle has to offer include a keyboard, which makes searching for a journal much easier. It also makes searching for a specific word or phrase within a book effortless. Also the ability to add notes to the bottom of the page while reading is a great too. An easy to use dictionary is also included. The last page read is saved; no more trying to remember the last page read when a bookmark falls out or gets miss placed. The Kindle also allows you to download MP3 music files to play as background music while browsing favorite blogs, newspapers, etc. The battery may last approximately one week and only takes about four hours to fully charge.