- Minimal marginal cost
- Minimal financial risk - you can't print too many
- Lightweight. You can carry a thousand books in your pocket for less weight than a paperback
Disadvantages
- Harder for people to peruse your bookshelf, or see what you are reading. Less chance for serendipitous discoveries
Neutral
- Can't lend them to other people, no second-hand market (bad for readers, good for booksellers)
- Piracy much easier (good for readers, bad for booksellers)
- Authors don't need a publisher, can easily self-publish through Amazon. Good for authors, bad for publishers, risk of Amazon establishing a monopoly (bad for authors)
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