eBooks: turning a leaf to a digital future?
Calling all bookworms!
I love a good book: printed on leaves of real paper, bound with hard or soft cover, typeface carefully chosen, page layout designed to please the eye, and that smell of just-printed newness. The tactile nature of books is part of their appeal for me, as well as the stories they tell and the information they impart.
But is digital fiction the way of the future? Now there’s a New Zealand online bookstore peddling digital eBooks, covering business, marketing, sports, computing, health and entertainment genres. And while eBookworms don’t sell fiction titles (eBookmarks is geared more towards practical guides and DIY books), they do offer food for thought on the future of hard-copy books.
Ebooks are books in electronic format that can be easily purchased and downloaded to your PC, Mac, laptop or PDA. For luddite readers, ebooks can be printed out to be enjoyed on paper. In digital form, they’re great because:
- You can read them anytime, anywhere
- Trees don’t have to be cut down to make them
- No physical storage space is required
- They can be carried easily and safely from place to place
- Links can be included from the text to useful websites or related information
- Audio and video material can be contained within a book
Check out digital and old-fashioned books in our New Zealand bookshops category.
