Paper book versus ebook.

[wynn]

From the publishing point of view, a book that would cost R250 from Exclusive or like can sell for R40 as an e book and the kicker is that you earn as much as if you sold a book made of dead trees and geographically you reach the world not where the dead tree publisher decides to put your books

[Neville Bailey]

Well if you fancy e books you can view my scribblings at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/332256

buy it if you are feeling generous

I felt generous, so I bought it for my Kindle! The subject looks very interesting...

[reema]

I like E-books only because of when i touch paper book its cause of sleep.

[HR Solutions]

I like E-books only because of when i touch paper book its cause of sleep.

Gee I never thought of that

[Mike C]

I have had a kindle for about a month now. Love it!
Lots of books from which to choose ... with reviews.

Big positive for me is the ability to change the size of the typeface as I hate reading tiny print in a book.
Second lovely option is the quick ability to look up and learn a new word by highlighting it and having the dictionary definition appear immediately.
Also like the fact that I can bookmark a section or search for a passage quickly.

One possible negative is that Amazon warns that the books never "belong" to you.

[Citizen X]

My partner & I were having a debate about buying a paper book or a digital book.
She says that there is nothing better than smelling the paper of a new book & will not change to digital.
I find there are a lot of pros & cons to both.
The advantage with ebooks is, when you buy it you can dowload it immediately
You don't have to worry about it getting stolen in the post.
There are no added delivery costs.

The disadvantage is you are restricted to reading it on your commputer or an ereader.
Ereaders only support certain formats restricting the amount of stores you can buy from.
Which do you prefer?

I prefer a paper book. It’s easy to read! I’ll use an e-book only when it’s freely available.

[adrianh]

Ebooks ARE freely availabe!

[pmbguy]

Don’t your eyes get a bit chewy and soggy from reading page after page on a screen? Mine do a bit. I also prefer a paper book because I like writing notes and highlighting sections
Even though I like paper books more I read much more online. I have never had to pay for anything. I normally just get the PDF and sometimes I print it out.

[Citizen X]

Ebooks ARE freely availabe!

On the contrary, many publishers charge for the downloading of their e-book..About 2 years ago, I bought the e-book, 'The Truth about Abs,' I had to pay for downloading it.

http://www.truthaboutabs.com/trial-offer.html

[adrianh]

Clearly you don't look in the same places as we do!