Happy New month everyone and welcome to my blog once again, I've been so busy over here due to work , that I thought I would skip this contest topic haargh! I'm glad I didn't.
A modern lady that I am, If asked to choose between an ebook or paperbook, I will go with the ebook, don't get me wrong the both have their pros and cons, in this post though, I will be highlighting some reason why I choose the ebooks over the paper books.
Portability
In my device, I have a lot I read from my daily bible reads, novels, study books and more, I can comfortably be anywhere at my own convenience read any of them I want at a given time, unlike the paper book, I can't imagine carrying a big bible, novels and all that book I have to read in my bag daily, them being in an electronic form makes it much more easy to carry about and it's not limited by storage capacity.
Cost
I recently got some fashion ebooks, like Helen Armstrong, at a very cheaper rate, you would agree with me that buying a paper published book is more expensive that getting them in an e-format, so that is a plus for me. As an economist that I am, I will go with the one that is less likely to put a hole in my pocket.
Fonts
Most ebooks have the options of changing the fonts to your preference, while with the paper books, you have to stick to the original font, where is the fun in that, even if you dont like it's original font, you have no other choice that to read it that way, also, there is the option of changing the fonts size, making it bigger or smaller in an ebook, these just makes the ebook more enjoyable.
Eye straining
I know a lot of people might complain of eye strain due to reading from our gadgets, but still if used the right way like getting a recommended glass especially if we have to face the screen for a long period of time, also taking in between breaks, the eyes straining can be reduced, I also think this eyes straining thing is a two way thing, if we also read from the paper book for a long time, we could get those eyes strain too.
Storage
If I'm to keep the number of books I have in my phone physically, I will have to build a special library for it, and I don't have the resources or space even for that. As long as I have a large storage capacity device and also aided by external storage like my memory card and flash drive, I can keep as many books as I desire.
I know a lot of us grew up with our paper books and also enjoy the traditional format of holding your books in your hands while reading, still I choose the ebook because it's much more easier and you can hardly fall asleep while reading, which mostly happens with our paper books haha. Technology came to make life easier for us, not really to let go of our paper books which we go to once in a while, so here I am embracing the ebooks given , wholeheartedly.
This post is in response to the hive learners weekly contest week 38 edition 2.
Thank you for reading.❤❤
