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Dispelling the Myths of eBooks
by Carolyn Cohn
eBooks are becoming more and more
popular. They are convenient, green,
and have the same impact that paper
books have as far as the content is con-
cerned. Even so, many people don't un-
derstand their true value. Let's dispel
the myths.
Myths come about because of ignorance. Some of the
more popular myths will be discussed here and hope-
fully, you will start to appreciate the value and useful-
ness of eBooks after the myths have been dispelled.
There are not a lot of eBooks available online: There
are over a million eBooks that are available without any
cost at all. They are available through many websites,
such as Feedbooks, Manybooks.net, Google Book
Search and Internet Archive. There are also millions of
other eBooks that are available for purchase on any
topic that you can think of or want.
You need a special electronic device to be able to read
an eBook: This is totally false. You can read eBooks on
your desktop or laptop computer and you can read
them through the Internet or on a mobile device. In
other words, you can read eBooks on any device that
you have access to.
Buying eBooks is not any greener than
buying paper books: What a ridiculous
concept. Of course, eBooks are
greener for the environment than
paper books. eBooks don't fill up land-
fills, they save energy, costs for trans-
portation, and reduce pollution that is
connected to driving and flying books
throughout the United States and the rest of the world.
With paper books, if there are copies that are not sold,
they need to be stored somewhere or shredded. That is
not the case with eBooks. So many trees are saved by
not using paper.
eBooks have a short lifespan: False. You can store your
eBooks indefinitely. In fact, you have a greater chance
of destroying your paper books than you do of destroy-
ing your eBooks. eBooks can't be burned, they can't
crumble, rot, fall apart, mildew or age. They can go on
forever and many people can enjoy them.
If you publish an eBook, it has a good chance of being
stolen: You have exactly the same chance of getting
your eBook stolen as getting your paper book stolen.
The risk is identical.
If your book isn't good enough to be published as a
paper book, it can be published as an eBook: This is
absolutely a myth. Publishing your book as an eBook is
just another method of publishing. It is by no means an
inferior method of publishing. In fact, there are many
publishing companies that are publishing both forms
(paper and electronic). There are other publishing com-
panies that have converted to only publishing electronic
books. Also, many authors are choosing to self-publish
their work as eBooks. This has absolutely nothing to do
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with the quality of the writing. It is just that the authors don't see any great advantage to
publishing paper books and they don't want to get such a small percentage of the money
from the sales of their books.
eBooks are a thing of the future: Even though eBook publishing is much
newer than paper book publishing, the sales from eBooks have made a
great deal of money in a very short amount of time. Even though the
eBook sales are a small percentage of the entire publishing industry, the
gap is getting smaller and smaller.
People will never agree to pay more than a few cents for an eBook: Not
true. If people are interested and enticed by the subject of the eBook,
they will be willing to pay for it. Because your ability to market your
eBook online allows you to reach a large number of people for very little
cost, you can make a much higher profit on what you are selling.
Conclusion
eBooks are here to stay. It makes a great deal of sense for eBooks to be available to the
general public considering how much technology has contributed to everyone's life and
how many people are taking full advantage of that technology. eBooks are another impor-
tant part of that revolution. Having eBooks at our fingertips does not mean that paper
books have become any less valuable than they always were. They just use a different
method of communication.
* * * * * *
Carolyn T. Cohn is the Chief Editor of CompuKol Communications. Mrs. Cohn has a wealth
of experience in managing people and projects. She has run several editorial departments
for various companies. Mrs. Cohn has 25 years of editorial experience and her expertise
covers a wide range of media, such as online editing, editing books, journal articles, ab-
stracts, and promotional and educational materials.
Mrs. Cohn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the State University of New
York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Mrs. Cohn is a member of the American Medical Writers
Association (AMWA).
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Dispelling the Myths of eBooks
by Carolyn Cohn
eBooks are becoming more and more pop-
ular. They are convenient,
green, and have the same
impact that paper books have
as far as the content is con-
cerned. Even so, many peo-
ple don't understand their
true value. Let's dispel the
myths.
Myths come about because of ignorance.
Some of the more popular myths will be
discussed here and hopefully, you will start
to appreciate the value and usefulness of
eBooks after the myths have been
dispelled.
There are not a lot of eBooks available on-
line: There are over a million eBooks that
are available without any
cost at all. They are avail-
able through many web-
sites, such as Feedbooks,
Manybooks.net, Google
Book Search and Internet
Archive. There are also mil-
lions of other eBooks that are available for
purchase on any topic that you can think
of or want.
You need a special electronic device to be
able to read an eBook: This is totally false.
You can read eBooks on your desktop or
laptop computer and you can read them
through the Internet or on a mobile de-
vice. In other words, you can read eBooks
on any device that you have access to.
Buying eBooks is not any greener than
buying paper books: What a ridiculous
concept. Of course, eBooks are greener for
the environment than paper books. eBooks
don't fill up landfills, they save energy,
costs for transportation, and reduce pollu-
tion that is connected to driving and flying
books throughout the United States and
the rest of the world. With paper books, if
there are copies that are not sold, they
need to be stored somewhere or shredded.
That is not the case with eBooks. So many
trees are saved by not using paper.
eBooks have a short lifespan: False. You
can store your eBooks indefinitely. In fact,
you have a greater chance of destroying
your paper books than you do of destroy-
ing your eBooks. eBooks can't be burned,
they can't crumble, rot, fall apart, mildew
or age. They can go on forever and many
people can enjoy them.
If you publish an eBook, it has a good
chance of being stolen: You have exactly
the same chance of getting your eBook
stolen as getting your paper book stolen.
The risk is identical.
If your book isn't good enough to be pub-
lished as a paper book, it can be published
as an eBook: This is absolutely a myth.
Publishing your book as
an eBook is just another
method of publishing. It is
by no means an inferior
method of publishing. In
fact, there are many pub-
lishing companies that are publishing both
forms (paper and electronic). There are
other publishing companies that have con-
verted to only publishing electronic books.
Also, many authors are choosing to self-
publish their work as eBooks. This has ab-
solutely nothing to do
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