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 ?

It is true that with the recent breakthroughs in science, we have got a replacement for paper books, and public opinion is divided on

this

matter.

This

essay will discuss the perceived benefits and drawbacks of

this

trend

. There are a lot of advantages to

this

trend

, one of them is that e-books are easily stored all you need is a flash drive,

whereas

traditional books require a lot of space;

however

,

this

trend

allows us to use that space in other important stuff, like

for example

, in the UK some libraries have turned all their papers into electronic ones and gave the spot to local councils.

Moreover

, with e-books you can create a lot of copies so you can download them easily from the internet;

therefore

, a vast majority of people will have the access to a variety of books,

in contrast

as it was before,

for instance

, in Amazon you can practically find anything and you can buy it and they will ship it to you. Despite the obvious appeal, there are a number of potential disadvantages, with the rapid spread of e-books the risk of plagiarism is higher than ever,

as a result

, authors claim that their work is no longer safe in

such

an environment and it has been proven that cyber crime now is one of the most challenging problems that governments face.

furthermore

, there is a possibility that the flash drive gets stolen and if

this

happens, we will lose various important sources.

For instance

, a survey done in my city showed that over 90 per cent of individuals have already lost at least one item in their lives, so

this

is a potential problem too.

To conclude

, there are pros and cons to

this

trend

;

however

, I believe that it is totally normal for both things to coexist.