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The superiority of eBooks over paper books


John's avatarJohn L. Monk

A quick disclaimer before I get started.  I wrote and published “Kick” as an eBook, and though I have plans to release it as a physical, paper book, for now it’s available in digital format only (wherever eBooks are sold! Except Sony!). So it could be construed that the following list of pros and/or cons is somehow self-serving, and designed for the sole purpose of  funneling sales to my book, “Kick” (just follow the links over on the right for 260 pages of raw, sugary joy).

For the record: no, I’m not trying to steer sales to what may or may not be one of the greatest novels in the history of Western Civilization, and which can be purchased today, this very second, for $2.99 in digital format (while supplies last).

All that said, here’s why digital books are far superior to moldy old traditional books:

  1. It’s a little known…

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Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’ and 5 Other Unexpected Political Interpretations of Famous Books


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Rebecca Mead’s ‘My Life in Middlemarch’: What Does It Mean to Want to Live in a Book?


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Not My Review: Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror by Barnett R. Rubin


The link below is to a book review of ‘Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror,’ by Barnett R. Rubin.

For more visit:

Book Review: Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror by Barnett R. Rubin | LSE Review of Books.

 

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Not My Review: The Lives of the Novel – A History by Thomas G. Pavel


The link below is to a book review of ‘The Lives of a Novel – A History,’ by Thomas G. Pavel.

For more visit:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/01/26/book-review-the-lives-of-the-novel-a-history-by-thomas-g-pavel/

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A Beginner’s Guide to Charles Dickens


The link below is to an article that takes a look at Charles Dickens.

For more visit:
http://www.welovethisbook.com/news/beginners-guide-charles-dickens

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Piracy and the Book Industry


The link below is to an article that takes a look at piracy and the book industry.

For more visit:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2013/02/13/piracy-saviour-of-the-book-industry/