Why eBooks are Better?

Having been using physical, paper-books for many years, since childhood, eBook is definitely NOT a default choice for many!

Does it need to be changed? Why?


Why eBooks are better than a physical, paper book?

Actually there are many reasons why eBooks are better than a physical, paper book, but let me enlist a few:

eBooks have following advantages:

1. Searchable text.
1. Book-Index, most of the times, is not at all any closer to this text/phrase search in efficiency and effectiveness.
2. Can highlight text, without making the book dirty, or unreadable for others (or oneself, most of the times!).
1. You can hide/delete highlights, on demand.
3. Can add comments and Annotations, without again making the book dirty or unreadable.
4. Can browse through only annotations, if needed.
5. Bookmarking is easy, with multiple bookmarks!
6. Embedded Dictionary helps you get the meaning of unknown word, instantly, with no efforts!
1. Definitely this increases the Word-Power, as typically, we are reluctant to find a meaning of a word, from a physical book, in a dictionary.
2. On eBooks, you just select the word and it will tell you the meaning!
7. For most of the eBooks-Readers, you can ask the eBook-Reader to read the book for you, while you are relaxing, exercising or driving!
8. Font-Size (and the Fonts themselves, at times!) can be changed to suit you the best.
9. Back-light can be controlled to suit you the best.
10. Background and foreground colors too can be set to suit you the best.
11. eBook-Readers come in different dimensions and weights. You can choose what suits you best.
1. You can't select the dimensions or the weight of the physical books.
12. More often than not eBook-Readers (including phones as eBook-Readers) are much lighter and easier to hold for a long time, than the physical books.
13. With back-lit readers (like phones), you can sit/sleep in any angle/posture and read, while for physical books you need to adjust according to the ambient light-source. 
14. Can be delivered instantly, over the globe with no wait or lead-time like in the delivery of a physical book.
1. This wait is substantial, in case of ordering physical books from abroad.
15. Most of the times, eBooks are far more cheaper compared to their physical counterparts.
1. Obvious reason being, reproduction cost for eBook is far less than the physical book.
16. The whole library can be carried everywhere on your electronic eBook Reader, without any hassles!
17. Can be read on multiple devices, including but not limited to:
1. Desktop Computer
2. Laptop
3. Tablet
4. Phone
5. Dedicated eBook Reader like Amazon's Kindle.
18. Amazon's WhisperSync or DropBox like cloud-disk-sync services can keep your books in sync, all the time, along with the current reading-location, annotations and all, in sync.
19. Reading on the phone is the most suitable means, as,
1. Anyways, you carry phone everywhere, so automatically carry your books along!
2. Whenever there's some wait-time, you can take your phone out and start reading where you had left out on your laptop (or any other medium)!
3. I have read many books like these, in such non-productive time-valleys!
20. eBooks don't turn yellow, by aging, after a few years!
21. Mites and Bugs don't like the taste of your eBooks, so they don't touch your eBooks!
22. Handling the book doesn't wear or tear it out!
23. No stacking/storage space needed!
1. No Bookracks, Bookcases, heavy cabinets..., just nothing!
24. Easy preservation with multiple backups.
25. For the ones who prefer book-like experience, with no back-light and all, Amazon Kindle like dedicated eBook-Readers come to the rescue! It's without any back-light, with e-Ink Technology, which makes you feel like you are holding a physical book!

Additional Advantages:

1. Saves Paper, hence the trees! Greener planet!
2. Reduces reproduction costs, hence more profits for the Authors, promoting them to write further more, better stuff!