1. Advantages and
disadvantages of printed
and e-books
By: Kristina and Sanja Tadić

2. Advantages of printed books
• Before Gutenberg invented printing in
1440, the book could only be written by
hand. Therefore, every copy of a title
could be a real little work of art with
beautiful illustrations, interesting
calligraphic elements, skillfully crafted
cover. Hence, each book was a unique,
extremely valuable, and therefore
expensive.

3. • Printed books do not affect the vision
as electronic, are easier to read, pages
turn quickly and does not require the
program to see the book.

4. Disadvantages of printed
books
• They are heavy to carry, I cannot read
without light, to create pages for the
book you need to cut a lot of trees, they
take up much physical space, letters
may fade and pages can easily be
cleaved.

5. Adventages of e-books
• E-readers are convenient for travelling.
They are easy, compact, can be placed
in a bag, and used when needed. Also,
in it we can have up to 3,000 books, so
you can forget about the tactical
planning what to take on holiday, to be
nice and fun, but not too easy or
boring.

6. • Benefits of e-books are available
24/7, the ability to search the entire
text, contain additional elements,
such as: dictionary with
pronunciation, interactive table,
interactive graphs, video clips, user
ability to add own notes, active
links in the text, updates and new
editions quickly reach users, are
more economical, cheaper for
printing

7. • they do not take up physical space for
placement, there is no need to cut the
trees to be printed.

8. Disadvantages of e-books
• E-text is harder to read than print, the
pages are not turned fast, device for
reading is needed, no standardization
of formats, no quality control, are still
unknown.
• publishers love e-books because they
are cheaper, faster and more
accessible, however, the main earnings
comes from printed books.