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With the rise of e-books comes the decline in paper books. Some people say this as a good step forward while others do not . What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

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The advancement in technology in
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recent years has witnessed a serious decline in paper book sales. More and more readers today have switched on to the digital platform to pursue their reading habits. Slowly the old trend of people seen holding books is quickly replaced by the lazy heads sticking to their LED screens.
This
 transformation has its own benefits and drawbacks. I will look at both the sides of the tale in
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Firstly
, with the rise of e-books
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it has been comparatively easier for the reader to find and use books at a more comfortable pace.
This
also
 facilitates choosing of the books as per the needs of the reader according to the genre, author, language, etc. The leisure reading becomes favourable like never before when we could read our desired books whenever and wherever we want with any preferred gadget. It is
also
 financially feasible as sometimes people cannot afford
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 so many books regularly, which is now solved with the discovery of e-books because all of the data stored on the internet is free of charge. On the whole, e-books serve majorly to inculcate reading culture around the world.
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there are various drawbacks to the
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 space. To start with, the availability of free books on the internet doesn’t account for the value it has received from people. Adding to that, it is worth mentioning that e-books seriously damage eyesight and
also
 cause other possible visual defects.
Further
, e-books
also
 affect the printing industry massively. As per the above arguments, I conclude that e-books
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 both pros and cons.
However
, it is my firm belief that it is an inevitable trend given
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evelopment of the reading industry.
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