电子书与纸质书的利与弊

EBooks or Paper Books: The Pros and Cons

Recently, it has become a prevalent trend for people reading ebook, a kind of digitalization book, which is spread by internet, and by using the computer and other electronic devices to download and reading. While people are enjoying the convenience of ebook, some people argue that we shouldn't attach so high importance to ebook that ignored the value of traditional paper book.

However, it is undeniable that the emergence of ebook has indeed generated significant impact to traditional paper book since 1987. But whether the strength of the impact is subversive or not, in other words, just as some people worry that will the paper book is obsolete and will become a kind of object cherished only by collectors. Apparently, the pros of ebook made it is overwhelmingly prior to traditional paper book. Firstly, we can instantly and swiftly get the ebook we wanted from the internet. So, comparing with paper book, the cost of obtaining ebook is dramatically cheap. Secondly, it is convenient to us to use ebook, by utilize its versatility such as searching, retrieving, page turning, adding annotations, and bookmarks, underlining and hinging and so on. Last but not least, ebook is a benefit to environmental production by reducing the number using of paper to print. Moreover, by using the web to publish not only eliminate the link of print, storage and transportation, but also diminish the expense of consumers.

So, in my opinion, it is too early to conclude that the traditional paper book will be substitute by ebook. Because as the current situation, as china, the development of ebook is not so splendid as we can see. Under the wonderful performance of ebook, there are concealing some bottlenecks which can’t break out in a short period. On the one hand, reading ebook long time will induce harm to your eyes even affect your health by exposing to the radiated circumstance. On the other hand, while a man can take his favorite book and reading at any time, we reading ebook are limited by the electronic power or other faults induced by electronic devices. From these perspectives, ebook can never replace paper book and they will still coexist for a long time in the future.