Books used to be a luxury only a handful of people could afford, but after the invention of the printing press books became readily available to average people. As the technology advanced so did traditional literature. Now a days a new form of technology is being developed, computers. Computers allow authors to do many things that books cannot do like, adding hyperlinks or game elements to text. One major difference between electronic literature and traditional literature is the medium: traditional literature is printed on paper and made into books, while electronic literature is saved in digital space. It seems that books have an advantage being that their physical form give traditional literature longevity. While electronic literature becomes outdated in a matter of years. However, there are organizations trying to preserve electronic literature. Both electronic literature and traditional literature are forms of literature but are so varied that they must be separated into two different categories.    

Jacob