Books vs eBooks
The difference between books and eBooks stems from the form in which they exist. In this age of computers, hardly anyone does not know about eBooks. These are books that have been digitalized and are available to everyone to read on a computer monitor or atablet或iPad,或eBook reader. We are all aware of books that we get in touch with right from ourpreschooldays when we are given story books in printed form. But today, a child gets in touch with a computer monitor even before he gets to read from physical books. However, despite the fact that both are books, just like physical mail andemail,there are glaring differences between books and eBooks that will be highlighted in this article.
What is a Book?
Book is a collection of papers that are bound together that carry stories on them. Despite so much of advancement, the joy of reading lies in keeping a book in your hands, being able to read in any position of rest you want. You can read keep standing, read while sitting on a table and chair, or you can go underneath a quilt and read the book, keeping it on your chest holding it in your hand, turning the page all by yourself. You can carry your book to all places you go, and we have no hesitation in saying that there are millions who gladly take the engrossing book to even bathrooms. Naturally the book goes while a person is on the move in a train, a car, or even a plane.
What is an eBook?
电子书是以数字形式存在的书籍。技术已经发展到了一个水平,今天我们有电子书阅读器可以从互联网上搜索和下载书籍,就像物理书一样阅读。一个人还可以将这本电子书阅读器从一个地方拿到另一个地方,因为它轻巧且便携。实际上,电子书阅读器更加方便,因为一个人无法将书籍卡车从一个地方携带到另一个地方,而随时随地下载并开始阅读书籍很容易迅速。但是,您可以看到这里有一个渔获。一旦您的电子书阅读器或用于阅读的任何电子设备,就会失去其电池电源,您必须为其充电。如果您正在旅行,并且无法为设备充电,那么您必须停止阅读。另外,要下载书籍,您必须可以访问互联网。因此,没有互联网访问的区域对电子书阅读器不利。
What is the difference between Books and eBooks?
• Material:
• Physical books or books are printed on paper that is made from wood of trees.
• On the other hand, eBooks are in digital form not requiring paper.
• Tangibility:
• You can touch and hold books in your hand, and even smell the new books.
• You can only get to see, and not touch books in eBook format.
• Font Size and Brightness:
• You cannot change font size and brightness in a physical book.
•在电子书的情况下,您可以更改字体尺寸和亮度。
• Turning of Pages:
• You can turn pages by turning pages manually in a physical book.
• You require clicking buttons to go from a page to another in an eBook. However, with touch screens you just need to touch the screen.
• Protection:
• You have to protect books from insects and humidity and such.
• You have to protect eBooks from accidentally deleting them.
• Look:
• Books come in various sizes, shapes, with and without illustrations, making them very attractive.
• EBooks cannot be attractive in the same way as a physical book. But the device you use to read can come in different sizes and shapes.
• Reading:
• Reading a book is quite easy.
• Sometimes reading an eBook can be troublesome if the book does not load quickly.
• Availability:
• Books available in the physical form as writing is first printed as a book.
• Not every book is available as an eBook.
• Electricity:
• You do not have to depend on the electricity, to read a book. You can use any light source.
• But, you have to depend on the electricity to read an eBook.
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