A lot of the time, the number of packages that are available to enable a user to quickly produce a web page, are done in such a fashion that, the user will not actually realise that what they are producing is an HTML document. with things like Links being placed on the page automatically. This leads to the Logic of the document falling apart.
Whilst most novels could only be enjoyed in a linear format as the author wants to dictate when you come across their own twists and turns within the story. The hypertext writer uses to their own Advantage the fact that the reader may go off for further information and come back as it pleases them.