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58 Media Studies - II ELECTRONIC MEDIA

11. EBooks can be printable, so that if you wish to read an eBook in
the traditional way, you can very inexpensively print it with your
home printer or at any printing shop.

12. Fonts in eBooks can be resized, making it easier to read for people

with disabilities. With additional software it is possible to turn some
of the eBooks into audio books.

13. People living in big modernized cities, in a remote village in a far
away country or on a small island, can equally access an eBook. It
takes them the same amount of time to purchase and download an
eBook, provided they have an Internet connection.

Nowadays one can find eBooks about every possible subject, fiction
and nonfiction, free and not free.

Disadvantages to accompany e-books

1. A personal computer would be required to read an e-book.

2. The computer requires being compatible as per the requirement for

the e-book software.

3. E-book could be lost or vanished by interference of viruses if the
computer is not protected properly.

4. Due to the increasing piracy on the internet world, a writer or publisher
may not get their desired profits for their e-books.

Whatever may be the aspects on e-books, the truth remains that E-
books are here to stay as long as the technology keeps growing, and
one will only see further compression of the e-books format in the
coming days for the readers’ better convenience.