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5. Selection: If you’re on holiday and fancy buying a book, depending
on where you are, you might find your choice is limited.
6. Bargains: eBooks often go on half price sale, sometimes even less
than half price and sometimes free.
7. Weight: A Kindle is compact and lightweight, so much easier to
carry around and doesn’t take up so much space. Ideal if you’re
reading several titles.
8. Durability: Unlike a paperback, your books will remain in pristine
condition!
PAPERBACK
1. Physicality: There’s nothing quite as gratifying as holding a book in
your hands, looking at the cover (often a work of art in itself), turning
the new, crisp pages, inhaling the smell.
2. Safety: Paperbacks are easier on the face if you fall asleep on your
book and there is something touchy feely about them I can’t resist.
3. Getting a signed copy: If you’re a booklover, you’ll treasure a book
that’s been signed by your favourite author, this isn’t an option with
the Kindle.
4. Bookshelf: What would a house be without a bookshelf? The
thought doesn’t bear thinking about.
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