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

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Since times immemorial, man has always invented and discovered innumerable things. The
advent
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 of
computers
 made lives easier and the Internet made the smallest information in the world accessible.
This
 led to the creation of
e-
books
 that are the soft copy versions of the hardcopy
books
.In recent years, many people have shown more inclination towards
e-
books
 rather than
towards
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paper
books
. Undoubtedly, the
merits
 of
e-
books
 outweigh their
demerits
. Let us discuss these in detail in subsequent paragraphs.
To begin
 with, let us shed some light on the
merits
 of
e-
books
.e-
First
 and foremost,
books
 save the environment, as opposed to
paper
books
 that lead to
environment
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 degradation. To elaborate,
e-
books
 are soft copy versions that can be accessed via
computers
 ,whereas
paper
books
 are made by cutting trees. As millions of
paper
books
 are created every year, it results in the cutting down of thousands of trees, and the consequence of
such
 an action is environmental degradation and climate imbalance. Since many
books
 are discarded after usage, it
also
 creates a lot of
paper
 waste, and the
cost
 of
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such
 waste is quite high.
In addition
, because
ebooks
 can be easily saved in
computers
 and mobiles, it saves a lot of space. To clarify,
e-
books
 do not require any extra space in
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 or any extra shelf in libraries. Because there is no additional weight other than the device e-book is saved in, a person can carry hundreds of
e-
books
 with itself and can read them sitting anywhere without any constraints. To illustrate, an article published in The Washington Post in May 2012, by its editor Benjamin Bradlee on "Popularity of
ebooks
" stated that the majority of people were preferring to read
ebooks
 as they found them to be
space saving
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 and easy to carry.
Moreover
, the greatest advantage of
ebooks
 is their
cost effective
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 nature. They are economical not only for the readers but
also
 for the authors and publishers. To elucidate, since
students
 can easily download
e-
books
 of their subjects for free, they do not need to pay a lot of money on the
books
, and they can share these with others without any additional
cost
.
Similarly
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 when an author publishes a book, it can avoid the printing
cost
 of millions of copies and can create
one
 version of the book online, which can be shared with readers at
much
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 lesser
cost
. To exemplify, a survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office on 1000
students
 , in April 2018, revealed that these
students
 saved more than 60% of their costs of
books
 by switching from
paper
books
 to
e-
books
.
On the contrary
, there are certain
demerits
 of
e-
books
 as well. Primarily, many times
e-
books
 are available in the form of pdfs, and as these pdfs are just scanned copies of hardcopies, it is very difficult to make notes on these online
e-
books
 and to keep a track of the pages. To explicate, many scanned versions of
e-
books
 are available in very poor quality. As the data is scanned and not in the text format, it is not possible to search for any particular word
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and it results in reading through multiple pages to look for particular information. In order to make notes on the sheet,
one
 needs to have good knowledge of the tools and programs
,
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 and it can really become a tough task for someone who is not very well acquainted with the
computers
 or mobiles. To continue, prolong use of
e-
books
 can
also
 pose various
health
 issues. To explain, text on
e-
books
 is very small and
one
 needs to focus continuously on the screen for long hours. Sitting for
longer
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 stretches of hours can impact the eyesight, cause headaches and backache. Since
students
 study most of the time from
e-
books
, it can impact their physical
health
 very badly and can
also
 cause long term problems. To illustrate, a research conducted by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in December2019 on 500 of its engineering
students
 revealed that the
health
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 of 70% of the
students
 deteriorated within
one year
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 time frame after continuous use of
e-
books
. To encapsulate, it can be concluded that the
merits
 of
e-
books
 outweigh the
demerits
. While using
e-
books
 can be economical and environment friendly
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one
 hand, it can
also
 have a negative impact on
health
on the other hand
. The negative effects
however
 can be easily controlled by taking measures
such
 as doing regular exercise. As the
merits
 outweigh the
demerits
 of using
ebooks
, it is no doubt that people are choosing to read
e-
books
 rather
than
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 the
paper
books
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