Advantages and disadvantages of printed

and e-booksBy: Kristina and Sanja Tadić

Advantages of printed books• Before Gutenberg invented printing in

1440, the book could only be written by hand. Therefore, every copy of a title could be a real little work of art with beautiful illustrations, interesting calligraphic elements, skillfully crafted cover. Hence, each book was a unique, extremely valuable, and therefore expensive.

• Printed books do not affect the vision as electronic, are easier to read, pages turn quickly and does not require the program to see the book.

Disadvantages of printed books

• They are heavy to carry, I cannot read without light, to create pages for the book you need to cut a lot of trees, they take up much physical space, letters may fade and pages can easily be cleaved.

Adventages of e-books

• E-readers are convenient for travelling. They are easy, compact, can be placed in a bag, and used when needed. Also, in it we can have up to 3,000 books, so you can forget about the tactical planning what to take on holiday, to be nice and fun, but not too easy or boring.

• Benefits of e-books are available 24/7, the ability to search the entire text, contain additional elements, such as: dictionary with pronunciation, interactive table, interactive graphs, video clips, user ability to add own notes, active links in the text, updates and new editions quickly reach users, are more economical, cheaper for printing

• they do not take up physical space for placement, there is no need to cut the trees to be printed.

Disadvantages of e-books• E-text is harder to read than print, the pages

are not turned fast, device for reading is needed, no standardization of formats, no quality control, are still unknown.

• publishers love e-books because they are cheaper, faster and more accessible, however, the main earnings comes from printed books.