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In recent years, more and more people are choosing to read e-books rather than paper books. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Reading plays a vital role in an individual's life. Nowadays, the trend of reading
books
 online increasing day by day as compared to traditional
books
. Reading
books
 online definitely has lots of outweighing the disadvantages but it has
also
 some drawbacks.
To begin
 with, E-
books
 take a special place in everybody's life. E-
books
 are more popular these days due to the availability of the internet. A person can access his favourite novel online at any corner of the country.
Secondly
, there is no need for physical storage to keep these
books
 at home or office.
Moreover
, It does not take any cost of printing and no need to keep the paper.
For instance
,
last
 week, I went to New Delhi and I want to read my favourite book at that time I read
this
 book online with an easy approach.
On the other hand
, It has
also
 some drawbacks too.
Firstly
, reading online means continue watching at the screen can weaken the eyes. To illustrate, In Norway, a doctor suggested not to watch any screen continue more than 10 minutes it will harm the eyes.
Furthermore
, data stored online is not safe. It can corrupt anytime. Sometimes it can be stolen. There is
also
 a need for a continuous power supply internet connection. At some places, there is a network issue which halts the system and a person cannot read anymore. To conclude, In my opinion, reading online has numerous benefits which outweigh its disadvantages. E-booklet have an easy approach, save cost and space to keep booklet. Whereas it has drawbacks which can overcome.
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