Topic 9: In the future, nobody will buy printed newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without paying. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Many
people
claim that in the future printed newspapers
or books
will be replaced by ebooks. Personally, I partly agree with this
statement.
To begin
with, the online publication has many advantages. First of all, online reading materials are more affordable financially because they do not need paper, which is an expensive item. People
can easily access the copy version of the book they want. Moreover
, many people
read online books
because of their convenience. They are easily available and only need 1 electronic device such
as a cellphone or laptop to store countless books
. For example
for its benefits, a Harry Potter book is sold in stores for more than 700,000 VND, while
a copy of the book with similar content is sold online for only 60,000 VND.
Despite the benefits mentioned above, there will still be many people
using books
or printed newspapers
. Firstly
, although
it is easy to access, for some it is a problem. For the elderly, they update the news by reading newspapers
, but accessing the web to read newspapers
is a difficult problem. Secondly
, there will always be people
who prefer to buy printed newspapers
and books
as their hobby. Reading free articles on a screen is oftentimes a test of concentration due to
the disturbance from constant pop-up advertisements or message notifications or just because their hobby is flipping the pages to read and enjoy the smell of books
.
In conclusion, I partly agree with the statement that people
will no longer pay for printed newspapers
and books
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