Complete design and content control . There is no censorship, editorial cuts, outside revisions, etc. The author is solely in control of the publication. The web uses multimedia, making it possible to link text with animated visuals and sound. Printed media is one dimensional, confined to a static printed page.
Web publishing is always dynamic and is easily and quickly revised, appended, and improved .
Printed media cannot be revised in order to update or improve it except by reprinting a whole book, journal, etc. In Web publishing the reader can interact with your presentation and it can, in turn, respond to the reader's specific needs. Printed media is non-interactive, i.e., passive. Hypertext links to other sites and materials can make your work multidimensional and multi-informational , leading to an infinite web of possibilities. Your work can be linked to other relevant information and tools available on the web.