Printed Books Will Never Be Replaced These days, it almost seems as if real, physical books are going out of style. If you think about it though, children are raised with tablets and video games in their hands at all times. So, it makes sense to think that those kids would then grow up to prefer to use tablets for everything, even reading. However, that is not the case. Studies have shown that people, including the children, find electronic books to be utterly exhausting and also cause you to be prone to distraction (Crum). This study, along with many others, helps to prove that traditional printed books will never be outdated because so many people still desire a physical book rather than a digital book. Before attempting to tell you that printed books are better than electronic books, let 's explain what electronic books are. Printed books are, obviously, books that you can physically hold in your hand. An electronic book is
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It was a big and somewhat boxy tablet that connected to the internet and could hold up to about 1,400 titles in its storage. Michael Kozlowski, a writer for goodreader’s website, says in his article:
The first generation Kindle e-reader was made by LAB126, the braintrust that has developed every single tablet and e-reader ever made by Amazon. It was released in 2007 retailed for $399 and sold out within 5 hours of being available to order. The demand was so high that people couldn’t even order it for a further five months.
One of the big hyping factors about this e-reader was the fact it had free 3G internet access to buy books on the go. It also had an SD Card, the only Amazon product ever to do so. It was only available in the US, because international carriers would not give heavily subsidized internet access away to make it viable to buy books, which limited the global impact.(The
It was a big and somewhat boxy tablet that connected to the internet and could hold up to about 1,400 titles in its storage. Michael Kozlowski, a writer for goodreader’s website, says in his article:
The first generation Kindle e-reader was made by LAB126, the braintrust that has developed every single tablet and e-reader ever made by Amazon. It was released in 2007 retailed for $399 and sold out within 5 hours of being available to order. The demand was so high that people couldn’t even order it for a further five months.
One of the big hyping factors about this e-reader was the fact it had free 3G internet access to buy books on the go. It also had an SD Card, the only Amazon product ever to do so. It was only available in the US, because international carriers would not give heavily subsidized internet access away to make it viable to buy books, which limited the global impact.(The