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Sunday, 2 August 2015

eBook vs Normal Book

With eBooks becoming so much more popular these days, lots of bookish people are finding these threatening to real, paper books. Personally, I love my Kindle. I love this quote from Stephan Fry "books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators." Anyway. Here are somepros and cons for eBooks and Normal Books!


eBook
Pros
- easier to take places
- cheaper!
- you can read in more positions with them
- if you've discovered a good series and NEED the next book, you don't have to wait until a) the next time you go shopping or b)the book you ordered online comes. You can just buy it and it's there on your phone/kindle/kobo/iPad.
- they don't take up much space
Cons:
- very expensive if you loose your eBook
- you don't get to hold the book, and smell the book, and feel the cover
- you can't watch your collection grow

Normal Book
Pros:
- the smell of a new book...aah!
- seeing your bookshelf get fuller, and fuller...
- being able to take awesome book pictures
- you can get them signed if you get to meet that author
- easily replaceable (in most cases...)
Cons:
- they get ruined more easily
- people want to borrow them...
- they're not cheap

I, personally, prefer real books. I love my kindle, but I also love the feeling of buying a book, and the smell of new books, and having books take up every inch of my room! I'm not saying one's better than the other; they each have their pros and cons.

Which do you prefer?

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