Benefits of e-books

1. eBooks promote reading.

People spend more time in front of screens and less time in front of printed books.

2. eBooks are searchable

You can quickly look up any information in a book quickly.

3. eBooks are portable.

You can carry your entire library on a small memory card.

4. eBooks can be used to listen to books.

5. E-books are cheap or even free to buy.

6. eBooks are easy to exchange

7. eBooks make reading accessible.

The visually impaired or the elderly can make the text font size, zoom in and out so that it is more conducive to reading.

8. E-book reading does not hurt the eyes as reading a real book.

We now read e-books as if they were real books, e-books do not have a strong background light, so a long time to watch will not hurt people's eyes.

9. Using e-books is good for the environment.

E-books save trees, reduce the recycling of old paperbacks, and save on transportation costs to reduce the environmental pollution problem.

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Unique

E-books have many of the same characteristics as traditional books: they contain a certain amount of information, such as a certain amount of text, color pages; they are arranged in accordance with the format of the traditional book in order to adapt to the reading habits of the readers; and they convey information by being read, and so on.

But electronic books as a new form of books, and has many different from traditional books or traditional books do not have the characteristics: must be read through electronic computer equipment and through the screen display;

with the advantages of graphic audio and video combination; can be searched; can be reproduced; have a higher cost-effective; have a greater content of information; have a more diverse distribution channels and so on. Listed below:

Easy information retrieval. Improve the utilization of information.

The storage medium has a greater capacity compared to traditional books. Can hold more information.

Lower cost. Comparison of the same capacity, the price of the storage body can be 1/10-1/100 or even lower than the price of traditional media.

More content. Digitized information can contain a variety of materials such as graphics, audio and video.

Enhanced readability. Information can be organized in a more flexible way for readers.

Reduced workload. It can be easier to handle various materials on the computer.

More systematic. Organic combination of various information and cross-referencing can lead to better understanding of the information.

New ways and means, tools and means, form and content.

Paperless: e-books no longer rely on paper, replaced by magnetic storage media. Thanks to the high performance of magnetic media storage, a 700MB CD-ROM can replace the traditional 300 million words of paper books. This greatly reduces the consumption of wood and space.

Multimedia: E-books are generally not only pure text, but also add a lot of multimedia elements, such as images, sound, video. This enriches the carrier of knowledge to a certain extent.

Reference:Baidu Encyclopedia-Electronic Books