E-book vs Paper book

Years ago, with the appearance of the electronic bookThose of us who were "more traditional" readers and valued reading a book with its corresponding "physical contact" put our hands on our heads. There were many theories and almost all of them assured, or rather, badly augured the disappearance of the paper book in a progressive and resounding way. 

Fortunately, it did not happen that way and he does not have "clear" signs that this will happen in the future. It is true that having an electronic book loaded with dozens of books makes life much easier, especially everything related to space, but this does not mean that we can and want to have certain more important books or that we especially like, in paper format.

I know in good ink, never better said, that there are still faithful and loyal to the paper who flatly refuse to get hold of an electronic book. As I know, there are readers so "technological" and practical, that since they bought or gave their eBook (only in Dutch at the moment), the remote idea of ​​buying a paper book again does not occur to them. Well, today's article is aimed at both types of people: «Electronic book vs Paper book».

Next, we are going to review some of the pros and cons of each of these formats ... We hope to convince many of the good idea to alternate both reading formats.

Pros and cons of the paper book

Pros

1. His smellNothing like buying a book, opening it and smelling that scent of new leaves.
2. El turn page to page, your contact, put small annotations with the typical a post-it, stop to underline in pencil the phrase that we like the most, take our notebook or notebook and copy by hand that phrase that we liked and filled so much that we do not want to forget.
3. Store them on our shelf as small individual treasures until we have a collection so immense that it makes us feel proud of ourselves.
4. Has no batteries, it is always there, ready for you to open it whenever you want. It does not require power supplies, simply care and pampering so that they do not spoil too much.
5. You can leave it to someone else (whenever you want).
6. Is perfect gift for reading lovers. Those who love to read, those who take advantage of every 5 minutes they have free to read between obligation and obligation, will not appreciate anything as much as a good book as a gift.
7. Strolling through a bookstore or library you will have the pleasure of discover that book that you did not know yetAnd that experience is understood only by those of us who adore being surrounded by countless books.

Cons

1. Over time if they do not take care of themselves minimally can deteriorate, which would lead to the loss of the book. However, we all like books that are a bit old and used ... How can I put it? They have more tradition.
2. Its high cost. Although there are many pocket editions that make it much easier for us to buy paper books, they are still too expensive depending on which pockets.
3. They can get us out of the room they are in by lack of space. There are those who have very little physical space to put books so this can be a big problem in the long run if you are buying a lot of paper books.

Pros and cons of the e-book

Pros

1. The main advantage of e-books over paper books is that do not take up space, only MB. So they do not collect dust and you do not have to clean them every little bit, you do not have to worry too much when it comes to what method do I organize them on the shelves, etc.
2. It does not matter what pages you have (as if it is "The pillars of the earth"), they won't weigh you in your purse or purse.
3. Some they are much cheaper than books. And I only say some, because others hardly differ in price (read below under "cons").
4. You can read the same book on multiple electronic devices, Thanks to the synchronization. If you have your ebook or electronic book synchronized with your mobile, 'tablet' or laptop, you can start reading your book on your computer and end up comfortably in bed with your ebook.
5. You can annotate and underline.
6. With algunos you will not need extra light input to be able to read them, because come with integrated light.
7. You can have your ebook immediately, without waiting and with just two or three clicks. You don't have to wait to go to the bookstore or library.

Cons

1. Can leave you lying at the most interesting point of the reading when the battery runs out.
2. Some e-books they have very high prices (some even more than many paper books).
3. It is not for everyone, since requires a basic or minimal knowledge of technology (not suitable for older people who do not know anything about technology).
4. Es very easy to hack them, for what it supposes a great economic loss for its authors.
5. After centuries of reading on paper, we have not gotten used to not being able to touch the pages or to smell their characteristic aroma.

And with that said, let's bet on the coexistence of both reading formats as we have been doing so far.