Thursday, 8 November 2012

Print Book vs e-Book





    (Source : keithrozario.com)


                                        

           21th century, high-tech devices such as I-pad, smartphones are one of the learning and necessary item to people as well as kids. People only need to download Apps for e-book on their electronic devices, some Apps are free of charge. Hence, e-book has slowly takeover printed books. Amazon.com.Inc announced e-book sales had exceeded printed books sales in U.S (The star online 2012). 


                                                    

                                                               (Source: the star online)

                    According to Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden and Joanna Brenner  (2012) found that  e-readers of U.S had increased 4% within 2 months due to convenient and increased of e-book reading devices such as  Amazon.com Inc’s Kindles and Barnes & Noble Inc’s Nooks. Besides, e-book is easy to carry when travelling to somewhere. Some readers read based on specific topics their interesting and keeping the current events. Hence, e-readers could search the up-to-date eBooks from varies online stores quickly and purchase or download it via internet is cheaper compare to printed books.  



                                                     (Source : The Malaysian Times)


How about Malaysia?       

            However, the share of E-readers in Malaysia is not as many as in U.S. One of the problems is Malaysia does not supply e-reading devices such as Noble Inc’s Nooks. Hence, Malaysian could not purchase e-books through online store directly. In addition, e-book readers sell at MPH are more expensive compared to Nooks (kyspeaks.com, 2010). Therefore, purchasing printed books would be higher than e-books due to inconvenience to download e-reading Apps.  



Reference List

The star online, 2012, ‘e-Book sales surpass printed books’ viewed 5 November 2012,
Lee, R,  Zickuhr,K, Purcell, K, Madden, M and Brenner ,J 2012, ‘The rise of e-reading’  viewed 5 November 2012,
Kyspeaks.com, 2010, ‘Barnes & Noble Nook ebook Reader in Malaysia’ viewed 5 November 2012.

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