Real books versus E-books for Unisa Students - Pixels Versus Paper
Practicality
E-books, and E-book readers are slowly but surely becoming increasingly popular. It is easy enough to read a book for pleasure or leisure on a computer screen or e-book reader but how practical is it for student’s to study from these?
Reading an academic book on a P.C or laptop does allow you to open a word document and then toggle between this screen and that displaying your e-book. This would be done for the purposes of taking your own notes. This process is only feasible if you are a proficient typist. While reading your E-book on p.c or e-reader you can take notes the old fashioned way (with pen and paper).
Costs
The cost of e-books themselves is definitely cheaper than that of real books but then the cost of the e-book reader must be factored in. The current price of an E-book reader like the Amazon Kindle is around R2000. The average price of an ebook is around $7 U.S.D.If one is to buy a Kindle or similar device only for the purposes of study, it does not seem cost effective. Yet, if you are an avid reader the cost of the e-reader will, over time be offset against the cheaper price of e-books.
2. E-books can not be resold which means that you can not recover any cost once you are finished with the book.
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