Benefits of Ebooks
Note: Looking specifically at ebooks which are [[!Reflowable documents]] and functionality when reading on a Kindle/dedicated eReader, though broad principles are applicable to reading any digital writing that exists in its own document.
- Ebooks fit into your life better than physical books
- Ebooks are accessible, though not necessarily more so than physical books
- Ebooks help enable a flow state
- Partly due to how Ebooks excel at providing contextual information
- Ebooks reduce friction in the reading lifecycle
- Ebooks are not precious, which can also be an disadvantage.
- One symptom/cause of this is that[[Fast content thrives as ebooks]]
- Environmental
- Less physical space
- Languages (audio?)
- Interactive elements