There is an ongoing discussion about whether e-books will substitute the paper books. There are both merits and demerits from both sides. I am going to discuss the perspectives from both sides before coming to a conclusion that increase of e books is beneficial than physical books.
On one hand, since ages, we have physical books. Physical books, play an important role in sharing knowledge to students and scholars. Reading physical books have many advantages. Take for instance, reading paper books make the eyes less stressful than e-books. Also across the world not all the books are translated into digital. As per the study of University Of Manchester, only 10% of all the books are converted as e-books. This clearly shows the need of physical books.
On the other hand, e-books become popular day by day because of technological advancements. Sites like Scribd, amazon books become popular and reach out to the masses faster than the physical books. Even though, not all the books have their digital version, most of the books written in the recent decade have a digital version. Also, the main advantage of e-books is to save the environment as physical books use paper which is extracted from the tress and students also don't feel the burden of carrying books. For example, in japan a survey revealed that 70% of school children prefer e-books compared to paper books.
Finally, by considering the above points, it's better to move to e-books as it saves the environment and remove the burden for children of carrying books. The government should take care of this and move all the existing books into digital books
There is an ongoing discussion about whether e-books will substitute the paper
books
. There are both merits and demerits from both sides. I am going to discuss the perspectives from both sides
before
coming to a conclusion that increase of e
books
is
beneficial
than
physical
books.
On one hand, since ages, we have
physical
books
.
Physical
books
, play an
important
role in sharing knowledge to students and scholars. Reading
physical
books
have
many
advantages. Take
for instance
, reading paper
books
make
the eyes less stressful than e-books.
Also
across the world not all the
books
are translated
into digital. As per the study of
University Of Manchester
,
only
10% of all the
books
are converted
as e-books. This
clearly
shows
the need of
physical
books.
On the other hand
, e-books become popular day by day
because
of technological advancements. Sites like
Scribd
,
amazon
books
become popular and reach out to the masses faster than the
physical
books
.
Even though
, not all the
books
have their digital version, most of the
books
written in the recent decade have a digital version.
Also
, the main advantage of e-books is to save the environment as
physical
books
use
paper which
is extracted
from the tress and students
also
don't feel the burden of carrying
books
.
For example
, in japan a survey revealed that 70% of school children prefer e-books compared to paper books.
Finally
, by considering the above points, it's better to
move
to e-books as it saves the environment and remove the burden for children of carrying
books
. The
government
should take care of this and
move
all the existing
books
into digital
books