Books

Books

eBooks

eBooks

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Occupy real space~ You can only carry so many.

Occupy virtual space~ You can easily carry hundreds at a time.

Validity: 75%

Countless numbers of works written over the centuries are available in book form.

Far fewer works are available in this form, but the number will grow as publishers embrace eBooks.

Validity: 66%

Pages are turned by gripping the paper and flipping it to the other side.

Pages are turned with the press of a button.

Validity: 50%

Can be read on their own.

Require special software or devices to read.

Validity: 50%

Publishing Books can require a considerable upfront investment.

Publishing eBooks can cost practically nothing.

Validity: 50%

Store words on bound sheets of paper.

Store words in the form of binary information.

Validity: 50%

Replaced scrolls.

Could one day replace books.

Validity: 50%
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Since books must be produced, it's possible to supply too few or even too many for the given demand.

Since ebooks are just copied from a master file, their supply is always equal to their demand.

Validity: 50%

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