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since both have an equal portion of strengths and weaknesses, and should be used depending on personal preference and accessibility. The written word is just as good whether it is read from paper or plastic. First let us discuss the merits of an eReader. For many people the main draw of eReader is that they can usually hold at least a couple hundred books yet retain a consistent weight of about six to seven ounces depending on the model. Meanwhile your average paperback weighs anywhere from fifteen to twenty ounces for just one small book that is unlikely to satisfy even the least voracious reader for very long. The second reason many people prefer eBooks is the instant updates that many companies offer, this allows the author to make revisions, correct typos or even change the entire story without additional costs to a reader who wants the new version but cannot afford to pay for another copy. This brings us to one of the last and, in my opinion most motivating factors behind using eBooks, cost. The cost of a new paperback is generally about fifteen to twenty dollars, while brand new hardbacks can be anywhere from thirty to sixty dollars depending on the popularity and composition of the book. Basically unless you have a great deal of money or few morals and large pockets you’ll be stuck looking longingly at the bookstore shelves wishing for a cheaper alternative to ink and paper. This is where eBooks come in. Since they have few production costs beyond the initial writing…

pathways, showing the development of the brand along with their changes in design and the new series’ and prints that they brought to life. This book is not only influenced by Baines however, but also by David Pearson (designer for Penguin), who helped to curate the cover designs from the Penguin archives, and also informed by past employees and designers of the company (Baines, p. 8). First published in 1935, Penguin books were the first mass-produced paper-backs in Britain (Baines, 2005, p.…

For example, the books must be in decent condition, not falling apart, and not vandalized. As well, they must be actual “books”, meaning no encyclopedias and no magazines. Other than these guidelines, there is a lot of freedom in the donation. The books can be hardcover or paperback, a 5-page children’s book to a 300-page novel, and of any reading level. These donations must be given to Casey by February 28th at the latest, due to March 1st, being the deadline for donations to the Wisconsin…

People aways say don 't judge a book by its cover, but if you think about it book covers are very important. Book covers need to be intriguing to the reader to make the reader want to read the book. Throughout all of my schooling have found that most of the books I need to read have horrible covers. You have to ask yourself, Will I even read this book? Or does this cover make me what to read this book? I believe that when you buy something you have to have a personal connection to enjoy it…

Summer of the Sea Serpent I’ve been reading and writing since kindergarten. We all have. None of us had a choice whether we wanted to learn or not, but some of us excelled more than others. That was me. I was one of the best readers in my class starting when I was in kindergarten, and I think knowing I was actually good at something is what made me like it, among other things of course. Now writing on the other hand, I have never felt confident with my writing skills. I am not one to write…

cozy reading corner. I was so focused on what was happening in this book that barely heard the awful scream that escaped Ms. Keyes’ mouth. I dropped the book and turned to see what the problem was. Her eyes wide with horror, I thought she had seen a ghost. She was glaring at me and then looked back at the book that I had dropped on the carpet. She yelled, “How dare you do that Ms. Haderle! Books are my babies and you just killed one!” I looked at her in confusion, not knowing what I did wrong. I…

The aroma of aged and contemporary books when you saunter into the library building, would you miss that? Touching books, writing in them, highlighting them, bookmarking them. Libraries are suffused with so many different resources for researching rather than just books. The card catalog categorizes all the books and where to locate them. Now this process has gone electronically along with the mechanism of checking out books. Is this the future of libraries, a virtual library where everything is…

According to The Norton Field Guide to Writing, “Everyone likes a good story” (Bullock, Goggin and Weinberg 393), and this holds true to me. For all of my life, I have always had a love for reading and writing. When I was young, my mom would read me bedtime stories. Sometimes I would take my older sister’s books that did not have any pictures and pretend to read them, coming up with my own fantastical plots and imagining that was the story written in the book. I would also pretend to write my…

In every book shop across America, individuals are confronted with the extreme inquiry of what book ought to be purchased. There are a great many books laying on racks all over the place however what makes a reader get a novel to purchase and read? Taking a gander at a book means individuals can get thoughts regarding what kind of book is in their grasp. Most books snatch their audience of people by the way that they look, all things considered. A wide range of writers and distributors pick…

In the lesson Cindy and I had planned for the Week 6 Tutorial for the Unit LAN1260, the specific learning goal was to present and justify a point of view relating to a prediction about the content of a text and to clarify the understand of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations allowing student’s to connect ideas of their own experiences presenting and justifying a point of view. Students were introduced to the key learning goal and were given an example of the task to be…