Yesterday, Google opened its ebookstore business. The search giant Joins Apple and Amazon (and noble & Barnes) in a fast-growing field. E-books will never completely replace books of paper, but will make a significant portion - and perhaps even the majority - market before you think.
Naturally, ever more GRS readers are turning to e-books. In fact, I had a couple of people I ask about them recently. For example, Peggy wrote last week to share his experience:
What do you think of Kindle books? Do you have a Kindle?
Our family members are all avid readers. Live abroad and move every three to four years. Books are an important role for us, so we started to reduction during our last movement and retained only those books we enjoy re-reading or have sentimental value.
This year bought us several Kindles, and I must say, that really its portability and that we can travel on R & R and all our equipment of reading in a small container. But when we retire and established, might lose part of its attraction. I also wonder how hold over time…but, I suppose it is too early to speak of.
I am an incorruptible bibliophile. I love the look, feel and the smell of old book pocket. I used to have several thousand books, although I have sold many of them to repay debt. Even so, I have a modest library, and I love. I cannot imagine a world without books.
Having said that, from an Amazon Kindle. I bought one at the beginning of 2009 and used it to little more than a year. When I bought my iPad, I sold the Kindle to a friend. I switched to the Kindle application instead. (For those who don't know, you can download free Kindle for iPad, smartphone and the computer, which means you can read e-books from virtually any web-enabled device application).
Check my account of Kindle, I see that in the past two years, I have downloaded 54 books. Twelve of them were free, but other costs about $10 each. If I had to guess, I would say that half of my book dollars are spent now in the Kindle store.
The pros and cons of e-books
I agree with the assessment of Peggy: is great to have many books in a small "container". It is really impressive – as living in the future. In the extent that e-books help me reduce clutter, I love. But I'm sold are not entirely in e-books, however, a very simple reason: cost. The purchase of electronic books is usually not cost-effective. Not for me, anyway.
Firstly, can only read an eBook on an electronic device. This means that you have to possess the electronic device, which in turn costs money. It is true that most of the people own an iPod, a smartphone, or computer, which means that does not have to pay anything new for an e-book reader. But even so, uses a device costing hundreds of dollars to read a book. And that device is not usually as portable and convenient as a pocket book.
Secondly, e-books are not cheap. In fact, depending on what you read, actually can be relatively expensive. Perhaps to protect the paper book industry, publishers have established what appears to be trafficking in the prices of most e-books.
Here is my assessment after two years of purchase eBooks:
Finally, this is a professional and a with: with eBooks, you can download something you want to read now. The purchase of a book for the Kindle is an almost instantaneous process. The morning we leave for Europe, for example, we were sitting in the plane just before of take-off, when I decided that I wanted to read Eat, Pray, Love. In the two minutes before we are required to turn off electronic devices, I could download the book. It is really that easy. But as I say, it's a professional and one with. They can lead to some friends to buy many books on impulse.
Endnotes
What happens with my own experience reading? Some people prefer the regular books e-books. No. Tiendo became a synoptic reader: I have read several books on a topic at a time. And with non-fiction, I am often a nonlinear - jumping around from chapter to chapter reader. Furthermore, in all the books, I like dog-ear pages and take notes. E-books suck in all these things. Yes, you can add bookmarks and take notes, but is a tedious process.
To summarize:
Part of me who hates things loves the use of e-books.I Kindle application in my iPad often (located on the taskbar), especially for new versions. In fact, as soon as you finish this post, I will spend a couple of hours reading Jayber Crow in the iPad.But believe that e-books are expensive.My Council? Unless you are an avid reader of new books, would avoid the Kindle itself. Continue with the implementation of Kindle free on a device. And carefully choose what books to buy. Frugal stay!
You read eBooks? do you think? does find it convenient? what is you save money? Do cost more than the printed page? If so, is prepared to pay the price?
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