Weitere ähnliche Inhalte Ähnlich wie Will e-Books Replace Printed Books? (20) 2. e-book: an electronic book is a book-length
publication in digital form, consisting of
text, images, or both, readable on
electronic devices
4. With $90.3 million in sales in February 2011,
e-books were up 202% compared to the
same month a year earlier
6. Executives are predicting that traditional
retailers will not be able to survive if they do
not adapt to an e-book centric industry
7. % of Children who have
read an e-book:
2010: 25%
2013: 46%
… Almost double in 3 years
8. “As long as he is reading
that is what is important. If
he prefers e-books that is
fine with me. I think more
kids will be reading e-
books and he should be
comfortable with both.”
- Mother of 6 year-old boy
12. Readers have the ability to
• Increase/decrease font size
• Use a built-in dictionary
• Make notes
• Share excerpts easily on social media
13. 17% read the same
number of e-books
as printed books
However, some people are still
attached to printed books
15. "I think print
and paper
has a lasting
value that
people
appreciate.
Pixels are too
temporary.”
16. While 16-24 year-olds are known to be
technologically savvy early adopters,
62% prefer print books to e-books
17. Holding a physical
book and flipping
pages is the top-rated
reason for people
preferring printed
books to digital
books.
18. Printed books offer readers a different type of
experience
e-books might be okay for novels but it won’t
replace coffee table books or photo books
19. In the future sales of print books will
continue to decline, while sales of
e-books will continue to rise…
21. because e-books are not a better format
replacing a lesser one, they offer a
completely different experience
22. Sources
h#p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-‐book
h#p://money.cnn.com/2011/04/15/technology/ebooks_beat_paperbacks/index.htm
h#p://cnnmoneytech.tumblr.com/post/4044671614/the-‐e-‐book-‐tsunami
h#p://mediaroom.scholasEc.com/kfrr
h#p://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/arEcle/eReading-‐rooms-‐now-‐available-‐at-‐
public-‐libraries-‐5418905.php
h#p://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-‐paper-‐vs-‐kindle-‐paperwhite-‐can-‐e-‐books-‐ever-‐replace-‐the-‐
proper-‐paper-‐ones-‐1959347
h#p://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/02/data-‐point-‐people-‐sEll-‐like-‐to-‐read-‐a-‐good-‐printed-‐book/
h#p://mashable.com/2013/01/16/e-‐books-‐vs-‐print/
h#p://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/25/young-‐adult-‐readers-‐prefer-‐printed-‐ebooks
All
photos
taken
from
Flickr
with
CreaEve
Commons
licensing
