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>>>E-books are more useful to me than paper books Thing is, most people just read them. They don't need to search through them or even highlight. It's entert
by mikecane 16y ago
>>>E-books are more useful to me than paper books
Thing is, most people just read them. They don't need to search through them or even highlight. It's entertainment. It's only when we enter the realm of non-fiction -- and specialized non-fiction, at that -- can you make some sort of case for that argument. But even then, try arguing with someone that a pop star biography should be priced higher than other pop fiction books because they can "search" in it and be met with blank stares. Which I would agree with!
- angstrom 16y agoAt the same time that person could search a digital textbook to avoid wasteful hours of page flipping. I think there are cases where it makes more sense to charge more. I could take a larger course load if the difficulty of finding the information in my textbooks were removed.
- tptacek 16y agoThey weigh virtually nothing. They automatically remember your place. You can get a new one by clicking a button. Those are bigger advantages than the CD had over casette tapes. In a lot of ways, many of them relevant to my mom, paper books suck compared to e-books.
- jasonlotito 16y agoYou can resize the text. Books offer that as well, but you have to buy an entirely new book for that. Larger type usually means larger books that aren't as easy to read comfortably for the people that need the larger type. I know this first hand, as my mother-in-law has to deal with this.