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With the rise of e-books comes the decline in paper books. Some people see this as a good step forward while others do not. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Reading had been among the most common hobbies of people in the world. Though reading experience had been different in different ages of
time
, it has only improved from
time
 to
time
. Before
invention
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the invention
 of
paper
, people used to write and read on leaves, stones, parchments etc. I believe e-books are the
next
generation
 in reading. The one obvious advantage of e-books is that thousands of books can fit in a device the size of an average book, which means its easier to carry around, with minimal to zero
maintanance
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
maintenance
. Some of the other advantages
is
Suggestion
are
 the customization available on the e-books, more intuitive features like
embeded
enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
embedded
videos slides,
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videos, slides,
 built-in dictionary etc. The advantages of
paper
 books are that, being old-school, there
are
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is
 no initial setups or configuration
that is
 required to get started. It is as simple as buying a book and start reading. According to people who prefer
paper
 books believe that these advantages
seems
Suggestion
seem
 more fancy and they do not provide the actual benefit over the
paper
 book. In fact, in a recent
survey it
Accept comma addition
survey, it
 was found out that the younger
generation
 of people
prefer
Suggestion
prefers
 e-books while
older
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the older generation
generation
 prefers the
paper
 books. 75% of the people in the survey below age 40 preferred e-books while 60% of people above ages 50 preferred
paper
 based books. One can argue that, due to initial
setup
 to be done in case of e-book readers, older
generation
 who generally are not so tech-savvy, prefer
paper
 based books. While
this
 is partially true, the other side
argue
Suggestion
argues
, one
time
setup
 offers much more comfort of carrying thousands of books at once and it
provide
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provides
 numerous options. I believe the advantages of e-books outweigh the
paper
 based books. e-books are
next
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the next generation
generation
 in the evolution of reading and it is here to stay. Even though there are a few
disadvatages
the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
disadvantages
 like
setup
 and configuration, modern day readers are smart and require very minimal
setup
, comes with features like page turn sound
etc
 to provide the look and feel of
paper
 books.

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