Ebook vs paperback

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The first paperback was published in 1841, but didn’t get any popularity. The world continued to market hardcover books. Paperbacks went out to a mass market only in the 1930s. They were low cost books.

The idea of electronic books arose at the same time, but it took a while to realize the project. The first ebook in the world was the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which was digitized in 1971. Since then the history of a book has changed.

Nowadays there is a great variety of books in different formats. Let’s see the major differences between a paperback and an ebook.

Paperback is a traditional book that everyone likes. Both have a great cover, title page, copyright page, content and mainly it is divided into chapters. Paperbacks have a static layout, while the layout of an ebook is dynamic so the text can be adapted to different ebook readers. Images in an ebook should have a certain format. If there are tables and charts in an ebook, they should be converted into images.

Nevertheless the print is still taking the leading position, more and more authors prefer to realize their book as an ebook. Why?

  • It is cheaper to realize an ebook than a printed book. Of course you have to format it in the correct way. Here you can read how to do it or you can just simply buy this service.

  • It is “greener”. You don’t waste paper and ink to realize your book.

  • An ebook can be read by different ebook readers or smartphones.

  • There are no delivery costs.

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