E-Textbooks


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Disadvantages to Using E-Textbooks

Although there are a lot of advantages to using e-books in school, including the convenience of not carrying around 20 or 30 pounds of books, there are some disadvantages as well.

Harder to Make Notes

When you’re reading a book on your e-reader, you can’t just take a highlighter and mark the important passages. It is possible to take notes on e-readers, but it’s not as easy or convenient as a regular book and everything has to be typed out, which is slower for most people. On top of that, if you’re looking for highlighted sections in the book while studying for a test, e-readers aren’t as easy to “flip” through and often the whole page is not shown causing you to constantly scroll through each page looking for notes.

Can’t Sell Back

Although textbooks cost students hundreds of dollars each semester while earning a degree on campus or an online degree, one benefit is that at the end of the semester, students can sell them back. Typically it’s only for a small percentage of the price, such as 40 percent or less, but at least some of the cost is recouped and can be applied towards the next semester of books. Electronic versions of the book can’t be sold back, however, so even if the student paid less for the book, it’s likely to cost more than the physical book minus the sell-back price.

Overall, it seems that the textbook publishing industry needs to work better to make electronic textbooks worth buying including making it possible to sell the book back at the end of the semester.

 

Disadvantages to Using E-Textbooks

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When it comes to school, text books can be very costly. Some students spend anywhere from $500 to $1000 a semester on books and then they have to carry them around all semester. Here are some advantages to using electronic versions of your textbooks.

Convenience

If all you need is your e-reader, you don’t have to worry about forgetting your textbook at home. You will have it with you wherever you go. Some teachers will use the textbook only periodically, so either you have to carry it around whether you need it or not or you won’t have it when the teacher decides to use it in class. This can be frustrating to students who have a lot of classes. By having e-books instead, you only need your e-reader, which is light. It also means that you can have it with you wherever you go, so if you’re waiting in the doctor’s office or for your bus to arrive, you can pull out your e-reader and do some studying.

Cost

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Oftentimes, the cost of an e-book is less because it cuts down on shipping and printing costs, which can save money as you work on your online degree. Don’t expect the book to cost nothing, though. Printing and shipping is only a small percentage of the cost of printing a book. Remember that there needs to be money to pay the author, page layout specialists, graphic artists who create graphics for the book, editors, publishing house, and so on. But generally they do cost less.

So whether you would like to save money or have the books whenever you need them, e-books definitely have some advantages.

 

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