What Are The Benefits Of A Electronic Book Reader?
October 6th, 2009 by admin
Portable electronic book readers, such as the Amazon Kindle, the Sony PRS or the iRex, have been around in some shape or form for a decade now. However, it seems that they have really taken off in the first half of 2009. The Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX were released in the first 6 months of the year and there is a plethora of new readers under development expected to be released very soon.
Digital textbooks are being introduced for some scholars as early as August 2009 and many colleges and universities have pilot schemes in place to make further education textbooks available digitally.
So why all the fuss? Here are ten things that you might be interested to learn about portable e-book readers:
- Carry an entire library of books with you wherever you go in a device that is, approximately, the size of a slim paperback book.
- Choose your own preferred font size to make your books easy to read. Very useful if you mislay your reading glasses.
- Go for a reader that uses e-Ink technology and you won’t suffer from screen flicker or glare. The latest E-Ink displays cause considerably less eye strain when compared to reading a book on a typical notebook.
- Be environmentally friendly. Save on paper and ink by choosing e-books rather than the traditional printed editions.
- Save a few dollars. The savings on printing and distribution costs available to publishers can be passed on to book buyers. You can even get free public domain books from Google and free Kindle books direct from Amazon. You could pretty quickly cover the cost of your reader.
- Save on storage space. If you’re a keen reader, your home can soon get cluttered with books. Storing them electronically will avoid that issue altogether.
- Use your time effectively. You can download digital books very quickly – less than sixty seconds is claimed for the Amazon Kindle for example. No time wasted waiting for postal deliveries and no treks into the shopping centre only to discover that the last copy of the book you wanted just got sold.
- Read books in a number of different languages at the touch of a button.
- Try before you buy. Get a sneaky peek at the book you’re thinking of purchasing. Lots of online book vendors are now making the opening chapter of many books downloadable for free.
- Listen to music. Many readers have the capability to let you play backing music whilst you’re reading.
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