Nowadays, the world tends to be more technological and innovative. One of the examples is Ebooks, which are the new online communication for this generation. They provide more convenient than printed books. As long as you have a technological device, such as laptop or palm, you then don’t have to hold the books that you want to read all the time when you hang out. The only thing you have to do is turn on the laptop or palm, surfing on the internet, then you can directly read on your screen (of course, you must have a software for you to gain access that is compatible with your device).
Honestly, I love ebooks. So, I have a different perspective as what the author said in almost the end of the paragraph. In that paragraph, she hopes printed books not be replaced by the ebooks. However, I hope printed books will be replaced because of a number of conveniences to me as a student. First of all, it saves me a lot of money if I buy an ebook instead of printed books (most of the time, ebooks cost less than printed book). Because of the ebooks, it also saves much paper for binding. This is good news for the whole environment. Sometimes, when I want to buy books before the semester starts, there always is a possibility that the books I want are out of sales. But, ebooks will never happen. So long as I pay for the fee to gain access on the web, then I will immediately have an ebook to read. Moreover, I don’t even have to be on the line and wait for paying for the printed text. It will save me lot of time. Lastly, even if I want to print an ebook to class, I don’t even have to print the whole ebook and bring it to class. What I need is to print a chapter an instructor teaches on that class, so I don’t have to bring the whole ebook during the school time. I truly believe that it is really convenient. Don’t you think so? That’s why I want printed books will be replaced by ebooks…
Here is the article that I am responding to:
http://www.atlanticbridge.net/publishing/otherresources/whatis.htm
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Ebooks is really quite an interesting idea. Indeed you have offered a lot of advantages to ebooks. I like how they are enviromentally friendly.
Despite all your arguments for ebooks, I would not go as far as to replace all printed books. There are a few reasons I would want to keep printed books:
-Not all places have the ability to access the internet or are able to use technology: on planes, camping, backpacking, and travelling to rural areas in some countries.
-I like sharing a book with someone, passing it on at a hostel or handing it over to a friend.
-Some books I like to highlight and make comments in, then it is interesting for reference, or when I read again later.
-Some people have a really hard time processing text electronically, thus I would like for them to keep the pleasure of reading a paperback.
Although I am excited about Ebooks, I am not convinced that converting entirely is the best idea.
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