Are E-books better than paperbacks?
Yes
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No
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The value of what is written in a book IS NOT in the book itself, its the ideas and what is written. It doesn't matter HOW the content gets to the people, merely that it does. The works of Shakespeare and Homer are no less valuable if it's printed on paper, carved in stone, or displayed on a monitor. This being said, the debate is about paper versus e-books. In my opinion E-books are better simply because you can get them out to more people. Scanning a book, or not printing one at all, and granting access to billions over the internet is much more affective at spreading that work than printing copies. Side: Yes
E-books are better in my opinion, because yes, of course the convenience, and the ability to spread further throughout the population, but also because a lot of kids, teens, and some adults are going to be much more eager to read it on something digital, and play around with a wider variety of books. Another thing to look upon is how much we are saving trees, and pollution when we read something off a screen, as to when we actually print it off, with no less quality. I also prefer reading E-books because I do have some double vision problems, and I often find myself not checking out a book from the library, or purchasing it in the store because of how small, or how large the print is, when most of the time, you can adjust the font size on an E-book making it much easier to read. Side: Yes
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For portability, I guess yes, and since there are advance technology to use when reading and or receiving ebooks. Paperbacks, however will remain part of the history, this is how all where started and perhaps will ended also from here. Side: Yes
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As for me, paperbacks 100 times better. when i read book on computer or ipad i look aside whether something new happened in my facebook or some other social networks. also as everybody knows it damage eyes. also the process of flipping pages is amazing, when you read page by page and understand that the end of the book is coming and want more and more. maybe e-books have some benefits but i will always choose paperbacks than e-books Side: No
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