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. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?

A few people believe that the emergence of online books has decreased the habit of using handheld books, whereas the dissidents disagree with it.
This
essay will go through both the advantages and drawbacks of gadget book reading as well as real book reading. Primarily,
this
essay looks into benefits like easy adaptability and
then
moves to implications like physical troubles.
To begin
with, the increasing trend of web books leads to paper-free society since the priority is given to the
internet
than the paper. The amount of paper used for printing can be reduced followed by that, cost incurred for printing and recycling
also
be reduced.
For example
, A printed material accounts to more than $100 which involves a lot of processes to be done while unprinted digitalized copies do not involve much cost or process to be available in the readers’ hand.
Secondly
, electronic devices are always easy to carry anywhere as they are compatible. During travels, it is highly recommendable to read through a gadget like a phone as we constantly carry it with us all
time
. One of my friends who likes to read any kind of stuff during her travels,
for instance
, would like to do it from her personal device once downloaded or readily available on the
internet
.
Hence
, it is good to encourage online reading.
On the other hand
,
the
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digital reading may bring some physical troubles to the concerned persons. A report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) underlined that 65% of people across the world are suffering from eye fatigue and finger paralysis due to prolonged screening
time
. On the other aspect,
internet
signals are not stable and the download speed may be less in some locations.
For example
, deep forest, highways are zones where we can find low
internet
buffering even no signal at all and, in
such
case, it is difficult to read. To conclude, I say that electronic reading is acceptable to some extent taking into consideration the compatibility and minimising the paper usage. But at the same
time
, some productive measures to be taken to reduce the long screen
time
as it is the major drawback of reading through unprinted material.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Convenience
  • Portability
  • Accessibility
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Environmental conservation
  • Tactile experience
  • Aesthetic appeal
  • Digital fatigue
  • Prolonged screen time
  • Technical issues
  • Independent bookstores
  • Piracy issues
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