Today’s society is all about having the latest gadget. The ability of downloading books in seconds and taking hundreds of them where ever you go is what e-book readers provide. Is this selfish need healthy? Are e-books beneficial? Would this make society have a higher literacy rate? Would more people read if it was this easy? Or is this just another way for people to be disconnected from each other? Will we ever reach a stage where books are obsolete? Books might turn to electronic versions only but I do not believe we will get rid of them all together. Books are a way of tracing history. Hard copies and electronic copies should both be kept in case one is destroyed. What would you remember if you did not have all the digital pictures and text files?
Libraries are places for information and quiet study. Libraries have started to move towards the digital age by having the ability to find an article or to check if a book is in the library. Libraries will not disappear, they will simply transform. People will still need a place to study and a place to get hard copies of books. The textuality of E-books will never be the same as a normal book. The smooth texture of the pages, the crack of a spine, the new book smell, the way light reflects of the pages, and many more things can never be duplicated in electronic form. People who grew up with books will always have those memories. Do you hold memories of reading a book?
E-books vs. books whose side will you pick?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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