tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388186392369376595.post2410404164455162879..comments2023-08-15T06:12:11.374-04:00Comments on Writers' Chasm: Disadvantages of E-TextbooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388186392369376595.post-46703845739710587312011-09-19T12:14:13.884-04:002011-09-19T12:14:13.884-04:00About 90% of my textbooks have absolutely zero res...About 90% of my textbooks have absolutely zero resale value, because they aren't really textbooks. They're sort of how to write books, which will get you about fifty cents back. It's irritating when you paid $20 and can't sell it back if you don't want to keep it; as ebooks are cheaper than physical books, it would be something I would definitely do if I had an ereader.Caitlin R. O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783453696462112780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388186392369376595.post-22204893963470933412011-09-16T13:26:49.580-04:002011-09-16T13:26:49.580-04:00Hey Rachel! Just wanted to throw in my $2 ...
Pre...Hey Rachel! Just wanted to throw in my $2 ...<br /><br />Pretty much every eReader allows you to highlight and add notes. Some of the early ones from a few years ago might not, but now even the cheap ones let you do that. (You can also highlight and do word/phrase lookups, etc. on the internet connected ones.)<br /><br />The resale is a valid point. I think that's why Amazon is doing the textbook rental thing. You shouldn't pay full price for something you can't trade as you want (in my opinion). You COULD save the downloaded book files to a memory card of some kind (almost every reader out there excluding the iPad has some sort of auxiliary card port, and even the iPad you can drag the files onto your computer when you connect the two) and then sell those. HOWEVER, I don't think that is strictly legal, so I can't recommend it. Which makes zero sense seeing as how it is perfectly legal to buy a paper book and re-sell it. I think the difference is that you can still retain a copy of the digital book even after you sell it, which you can't do with a paper book. So basically you'd become a printing press. :-)<br /><br />As for the page formatting thing, that's totally on the publisher of the book. Unfortunately, there aren't any forced standards for eBook formatting, which can lead to all kinds of funky stuff depending upon the device being used. Personally, I'd like to see education institutions get involved and make their textbook vendors adopt a standard format for eBooks. I think they're the only ones with enough clout to get it done.<br /><br />All great points you bring up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273059558675234923noreply@blogger.com