EbooksVersusPaperBooks

1、E-books or Paper Books?In the time of high tech no logy, electr onic products have become increasingly significant in our lives. They bring us so much convenience, improve our life, enhance our work efficiency. They totally change the way we do thi ngs. E-books, for example, are beco ming extremely

2、popular among readers no wadays. With fabulous e-book readers springing up like mushrooms these days, like iPad, Amazon Kindle, e-books welcomes a vigorous developme nt. And aga in, as a con seque nee, the question whether e-books will replace paper books brings in a heated discussi on.In esse nee,

3、the two formats are very similar. Both allow you to do the most important thing - read a book. The text is the important thing, not the medium. Readi ng Sumeria n lege nds on clay tablets can feel more authe ntic, but does nt n ecessarily enhance your un dersta nding of the subject matter - just you

4、r experie nee.But, we have to say, one does have adva ntages over the other.There is no doubt that e-books are convenient as well as accessible (assu ming you have an e-book reader). Theyre easily portable. You can carry multiple books on one device. You can easily get them on the Internet with chea

5、per cost in stead of spe nding a lot of money to buy traditi onal books. Moreover, theyre much more en vir onmen tally frien dly.You dont have to kill a few trees for each book, and lets not even talk about the ink. Recycling only goes so far. Note-taking is much more powerful, and the no tes you wr

6、ite can be found and referen ced quickly and easily. And they dont have to be permanent. Finding a book is easier, most readers offer zoom fun cti ons, book searchi ng, letter resiz ing, and so forth.When you are going to read a paper book, you n eed lighti ng to tell letters. We all know the story

7、of firefly Yingxue capsule,lighting is necessary to read traditional books. But with a reader, lighting conditions esse ntially become meanin gless. Many readers in corporate display light ing allowi ng you to read whe never and wherever you like.So, on acco unt of the above reas ons, some e-book fa

8、ns assert that e-books will replace paper books soon, traditi onal books may possibly disappear in the n ear future.Will it take place? I don t think so.First, we have to bear in mi nd that e-Books are useless without a reader. The disadva ntages of e-books gen erally stem from the hardware youre re

9、adi ng them on. I f its a computer, youve got the no rmal computer problems which detract from your readi ng pleasure, you see:? Eye strain. Long periods spent in front of a computer are healthy for n obody.? Power. Your average laptop has 4-6 hours of battery life.? Portability. Why lug a laptop ar

10、ound if you can simply carry a book?Some one may say that we now have more choices like iPad, Amaz ons Kindle, Jinkes Hanlin reader series, Sonys eReader series, and a few others. They are more adva need, more portable; just have the same size of a book. They eve n in corporate a tech no logy called

11、 e-i nk, which resembles paper very closely, and elimi nates most eye-strain issues.However, we still cantig nore the followi ngs:? You still have battery life to worry about.? Nasty software bugs in the reader can cause it to freeze up.? Theyre not very robust. If you spill on them, chances are tha

12、ts the end of your reader. Not to mention scratches, dropp ing them, and so on.In general, e-books suffer from other cons as well:Theyre not readily available, and format wars are making the decision to buy a reader very difficult. Will you go for the Amazon one, and buy books (only) there? Or the S

13、ony? Or the Apple?The pric ing model has nt bee n worked out yet, caus ing some major discrepa ncies.Now, let ssee our old frie nd, traditi onal books, see their adva ntages and appreciate their lasti ng charm.Obviously, paper books offer multiple adva ntages:Theyre easily obta in able (Bookstores a

14、re everywhere).? Comparatively speaking, theyre still easily portable.? They dont normally cause significant eye-strain.? Theyre cheap.Ano ther factor to bear in mind is that paper books dont n eed power to fun cti on. They can be read any where with sufficie nt light, and are perfect travell ing co

15、mpa nions for exactly this reas on.Of course, compar ing to e-books, the traditi onal books do have cons:? Paper books are bulky and heavy. Carryi ng more tha n 2-3 around can become a chore.? You need a light source to read them - another thing that youll probably carry around.? If you make no tes

16、in them, those no tes are there to stay (Y es, eve n pencil. You can always see the imprints, even if you erase every last shred of graphite).However, these woncover up the glamour of the classic paper book.When you are on a superb beach in Greece, you just enjoy the sun, and you read a nice old goo

17、d smelli ng book. What a nice day! Now replace that book with your iPad or anything, will you have the samefeeli ng? Many people (in elude me) enjoy the pleasa nt time wan deri ng in the bookstore choosing your favorite books from the shelves. You will get a tranq uil and content feeli ng whe n your

18、 fin gers touch the real paper and your mind goes deeper into the pages. It also will be a pity for those book-collecting fans if there are only electronic books, as there will be no more beautifully-illustrated books to be placed orderly in the shelves of the house. And the in effable happ in ess whe n you fin ally find a book you ve desired for so long will be gdnerforever.many people, e-books really ru