Monday, November 22, 2010

Pros and cons of e-reading: best of both worlds not where I live

ReadWriteWeb's take on the pros and cons of ebooks assumes the best of both worlds.
5 Ways That eBooks Are Better Than Paper Books

1. Social Highlighting
2. Notes
3. Look-up of words
4. Ability to Tweet & Facebook quotes
5. Search

5 Ways That Paper Books Are Better Than eBooks

1. Feel
2. Packaging
3. Sharing
4. Keeping
5. Second-hand books


I usually read paperbacks: Feel and Packaging is not something I'd describe as a positive. On the other hand I have no great interest in tweeting or facebooking what I am reading.

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