In Defense of EBooks
Books have always been the medium of knowledge transmission across time and space. Throughout human civilization, generations pass on their wisdom, custom, social codes, and scientific knowledge by way of books. Different civilizations learn from and about each other mostly through books. Books are not just the contents, it is also the physical material on which the content is engraved on and it this part of the book I am discussing in this article. We have completely passed the era when books were made of contents inscribed on hides and skins. It seems that the time of a paper back and hard cover book will also soon be a thing of the past due to the ever increasing dominance …show more content…
Using electronic books, a lot of advantages: cost wise it is cheaper, it saves trees, less likely to be damaged and also can be saved for longer time without any change, require less space to store it.
For consumers of books (readers), eBook offers cheaper, more portable, and easily storable and retrievable alternative to the traditional book. I buy most of my eBooks books from Amazon (kindle), and I save a minimum of ten dollars per book. In college, instructors want students to use and learn from a variety of textbooks the costs of which have been rising in double digits. From university and other reports, textbook costs have been on the rise since the 1980s. Consequently, many colleges students pay between $250-$500 for books each semester (University of North Florida, 2004).
Hard copy books are vulnerable to damage by spills or dusts. It gets older through time. But electronic books can be saved for longer time without any damage or change in its appearance. Many times, you may just need a page or two “on paper” from a book — for example, a recipe from a cookbook, or a procedure from a manual. With an eBook, this is easy and convenient. And if you spill chocolate syrup or raw eggs all over the recipe, who cares? Just print it again! You wouldn’t feel that way about spilling chocolate syrup on a whole cookbook. (eBay,
Books have always been the medium of knowledge transmission across time and space. Throughout human civilization, generations pass on their wisdom, custom, social codes, and scientific knowledge by way of books. Different civilizations learn from and about each other mostly through books. Books are not just the contents, it is also the physical material on which the content is engraved on and it this part of the book I am discussing in this article. We have completely passed the era when books were made of contents inscribed on hides and skins. It seems that the time of a paper back and hard cover book will also soon be a thing of the past due to the ever increasing dominance …show more content…
Using electronic books, a lot of advantages: cost wise it is cheaper, it saves trees, less likely to be damaged and also can be saved for longer time without any change, require less space to store it.
For consumers of books (readers), eBook offers cheaper, more portable, and easily storable and retrievable alternative to the traditional book. I buy most of my eBooks books from Amazon (kindle), and I save a minimum of ten dollars per book. In college, instructors want students to use and learn from a variety of textbooks the costs of which have been rising in double digits. From university and other reports, textbook costs have been on the rise since the 1980s. Consequently, many colleges students pay between $250-$500 for books each semester (University of North Florida, 2004).
Hard copy books are vulnerable to damage by spills or dusts. It gets older through time. But electronic books can be saved for longer time without any damage or change in its appearance. Many times, you may just need a page or two “on paper” from a book — for example, a recipe from a cookbook, or a procedure from a manual. With an eBook, this is easy and convenient. And if you spill chocolate syrup or raw eggs all over the recipe, who cares? Just print it again! You wouldn’t feel that way about spilling chocolate syrup on a whole cookbook. (eBay,