e books: the future of reading

E-BOOKS: THE FUTURE OF

READING

Sabrina Jackson

T H E B E N E F I T S O F E - B O O K S

E-Books are slowly taking over, and reasonably so.

What are e-books?

"An e-book is an "electronic book".

These books are called "electronic"

because they are files that you access

on your computer. Like a normal paper

book they have cover art, an author,

editor, illustrator, publisher and story.

E-books are available in any genre, any

length, and many formats."

- Writers-exchange.com

"There are dozens of specialized

electronic reading devices

available, like Kindle, Kobo,

Nook, Sony Reader, and many

more." - Maggie Rust, What is

eReading: A Beginners Guide.

E-books can also be read on

tablets, phones and computers.

"The overall size of the e-book market appears to be holding more or less

steady, growing at perhaps 1% or so per year." - Mathew Ingram, Fortune.com

"E-Books have been around since 1971." - Maggie Rust, What is eReading: A

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Benefits

Flexible

Inexpensive

Accessible

Personalized

E-books: the most flexible form of reading

Syncable with

audio books, read

on a multitude of

devices, and

compact.

Why spend more when you can spend less?"If you love to read, you can read more books, while spending less."

- Michael Kozlowski, Goodereader.com

"Many readers cite the price of eBooks as one of the

primarily aspects of why they choose to read digitally"

-Michael Kozlowski, Goodereader.com

"You can check out library books on your e-reader"

- Investopedia.com

Anyway and every-way

E-books can be read aloud,

viewed in larger print and made

interactive and accessible to

those with disabilities

E-books are online

and offline. Read a

book you left at

home on your tablet

in England on your

laptop

"Yesterday I couldn’t find my copy of The

Good Soldier, and because I wanted it

immediately and because I live a fifteen-

minute drive from the nearest library, and

thirty minutes from the nearest bookstore, I

ordered it on my Kindle." - Francine Prose,

The New York Book Review

Read what you want, before you want it

"If we can help authors create even better books

than they create today, it's a win for everybody."

says Nook Vice President of e-books, Jim Holt

E-Book services use reader

history to recommend other

books and use the data

transferred via reading

eBooks to create more

popular and enjoyable

literature.

"Digital technology has

changed the way books are

sold and published, but it has

opened up new possibilities

for understanding how people

read, as they read. Can a

paperback do that?" - Davey

Alba, Wired.com