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Five Situations In Which You Should Not Use eBooks
eBooks have grown in popularity over the past couple years, largely due to new ebook readers that have become available and more affordable. Many people are giving ebooks a try now that they have become more of a mainstream product. eBooks are excellent for a variety of reasons, but there are some situations in which purchasing an ebook is not the best choice. The following situations are those that I have identified as the five most common.
When You're Not Comfortable With Technology
In order to successfully use an ebook, you must be able to install software, download a file, and open the file in the correct program on your computer. If you want to read the ebook on a mobile phone or e-reader device, then you need to know how to transfer files between your computer and that device. You might also need to install a program or app on your mobile device. If you're not already comfortable with these processes, ebooks might be difficult for you to use.
When You Need a Printed Book
Many ebooks, if not most ebooks, are not printable. Even ebooks in PDF format are often not printable. This is because book publishers are concerned about copyright protection. They disable the printing function so that people can't make illegal copies of the book. Other ebook formats, such as Mobipocket or Microsoft Reader, don't have a printing function at all. In general, ebooks are meant to be read on your computer, e-reader, or other mobile device. Besides the question of whether or not the ebook will be printable, printer paper and ink is not free, so you'd end up paying for the ebook and then paying more to print it yourself. If you need a printed book for any reason you should buy the paperback or hardback version of the book.
When You Want To Give The Book as a Gift
eBooks are often not able to be given as a gift for the same reason that they aren't printable. Book publishers are very concerned about software piracy, so most ebooks are sold with DRM (digital rights management), which ties the ebook to a specific user account. If you email an ebook to someone else, or give it to them on a disk or flash drive, the ebook won't open once it's on their computer because their software is not registered to your user account. If you would like to give an ebook as a gift, look for a gift certificate option instead of buying the ebook yourself.
When You Don't Know What You Need
Before you buy an ebook, it's best to do a little bit of research to find out what type of ebook you need. eBooks come in different formats, and not all work on every operating system or mobile device. If you don't already know, find out which operating system your computer or device uses. From there, you can research ebook formats and determine which format will work on your operating system. Next, you should install any software that's required for that type of ebook. Once you've taken those preliminary steps, you'll be ready to find ebooks that you want to read.
When You Want The Text Read Out Loud
"Text-to-speech" is something that people look for when buying ebooks. Unfortunately, it is often disabled in the ebook (again, because of DRM), and sometimes it's just not available at all. Even when it is available, it's just not very good. Sometimes people even buy ebooks with the intent of putting them onto their iPod to listen to. That is not what ebooks were designed for, and it doesn't work at all because they don't contain an audio track. When you want an audio recording of a book, the best option is to buy the audiobook instead of the ebook.
The situations I've explained above are not only common situations in which you should not use ebooks; they are also some of the most frequent reasons why people get frustrated with ebooks. When someone buys an ebook with the hope that it will do something that ebooks aren't capable of, they quickly become disappointed.
eBooks aren't meant to replace paper books, and you don't have to use them. It's best to think of ebooks as just one book format that is available. You wouldn't buy an audiobook when you wanted a paper book, and likewise, there is no need to buy an ebook if it's not really the best choice for you. Use ebooks when you want a book in digital format to read on your computer, e-reader, tablet, or mobile phone.
About the Author
Jared Scott has over ten years experience working in the eBook and e-Reader industry. His eBook Reader Software blog is updated regularly with informational posts relating to eBook software. If you're having trouble with an ebook, check out the ebook help information.
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Netbook as E-Reader – A Comfortable Compromise
The technology behind e-books has advanced considerably in recent years – just go pick up a Kindle or Nook at Best Buy and check one out – and the interface is pretty much intuitive. The only remaining problem is the price. E-books themselves remain expensive only so long as the old publishing houses retain their preconceived notion about how much a book should cost.
The one remaining hurdle to catching an early ride on the e-book bandwagon in the immediate future (read – your next four years of college), then, is the hefty price tag of the e-readers themselves. Kindles and Nooks and Sony Readers are priced reasonably, but they are pretty much one-blade jackknives: they give you text to read, and that's about it. It's a little difficult to justify that kind of purchase.
That's where your shiny new Netbook comes in. You probably already bought one for studying, but if you didn't, you can get really nice members of the species for under 400 bucks. Yes, this is actually more expensive than almost any given e-reader, and it isn't a perfect platform for reading (the screen won't display the pages with the same ergonomic benefit of a dedicated e-reader), but it has advantages as well. Netbooks can do all the things you would normally do on a computer and provide the benefits of e-books all in one package. In the end, you are going to completely avoid the upfront cost of the e-reader, and with a good wireless connection on your netbook, you'll be able to buff out the dent in your wallet caused by the e-books you buy, too.
Once you have your netbook ready, it's time to download the (free) software that will make the magic happen. Generally-speaking, the more of these you find the space for on your hard drive, the better your selection of books is going to be, but the most important will probably be Nook, Kindle, Sony, Adobe Digital Editions, Microsoft Reader, and Calibre. These devices will help you read your e-books the same as you would on an e-reader, minus the interface. They will also help you find plenty of content, free and otherwise, but some additional sources for your searching really flesh out the offerings: this website will get you well under way in that department.
Do what you can to make the most of your netbook's battery life. One of these power-saver options, reducing the brightness onyour screen, also helps to reduce glare and make longer periods of reading easy on the eyes in a well-lit dorm room (and if you want to cuddle up with your book at night, this can be changed back again – unlike on an e-reader). Although counter-intuitive, adjusting your netbook's power settings so that closing it doesn't turn the machine off also helps avoid energy wasted while you wait for your netbook to boot up. As another added bonus, this helps the device seem more like a book: close it and pick up where you left off later on. If you do all this and the battery life of your netbook still dismays you, solar power is an option. The price isn't for the faint of heart, but then someone who needs that kind of battery life probably already goes places the faint-hearted don't venture.
It only remains to rotate the computer display 90 degrees so that you can hold your netbook horizontally – the joint assumes the position of a book spine. You can now read entire pages on your small screen, use the space bar to serve as your page-flipper, and hold the device comfortably in your lap. The end result of this tweaking is a tool superior to the e-readers out on the market in terms of flexibility, utility, and overall cost, and which doesn't lag far behind in areas like battery life, ease-of-use, and portability.
While the future of e-books is still uncertain, there is no reason you can't take advantage of what's available now without making a risky investment in a device that may or may not prove useful.
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