Liaisons E-Text

Liaisons E-Text

French 102 E-Book, Cengage Webassign

This is a photo of my e-textbook for French 102. Last semester, I had the hard copy of the textbook as a rental but settled on the E-Text for this semester since it was a more economical option. However, the online version of the textbook is just not the same to me. Historically, I have preferred having a hard copy of a textbook for highlighting/note-taking. When it comes to reading for leisure, I could care less about having a paperback version and tend to use my Kindle 99% of the time. What bothers me about this book online, is its attempt at being a real textbook. As the readings state, digital books have really transformed into basically exact copies of regular ones. However, after having the real book and now using the e-book, I can say that the two, in this case, are very different. To turn the page, you simply click an arrow. There is no graceful animated page-turning. Also, the book functions differently, offering words to be read aloud which is helpful but defeats the purpose of it being a book. I find that these high tech settings have taken away from the actual book content. Sure, some e-books are exactly the same with enhancements, but this one just did not hit the mark.

Lacy Margaret

Cengage

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