Why do people nowadays prefer to read paper books?

Now with the rapid development of electronic products, e-books began to gradually generalized, but we found in life there are still a considerable part of the people are still using paper books. This is because paper books and e-books have their own advantages and disadvantages, let's take a look:

? Advantages of paper books: ① better reader experience - good texture, book aroma, learning and reading habits; ② collection, commemorative value; ③ less error rate.

? Disadvantages of paper books: ① not conducive to environmental protection; ② not easy to retrieve and other modifications; ③ not easy to carry, crowded space; ④ expensive, not easy to buy.

? Advantages of e-books: ① easy to carry, space-saving; ② easy to buy, cheap; ③ can be customized to modify the format, etc.; ④ save paper, environmental protection and low-carbon.

? Disadvantages of e-books: ① affect the eyesight; ② lack of physical texture; ③ dependent on equipment and power; ④ authenticity can not be guaranteed; ⑤ easy to divert attention.

I. Advantages and Disadvantages of Paper Books

(1) Advantages of Paper Books

?1, the reader experience is better

(1) texture

(1) the texture is good.

Paper books will have a texture when you touch them, that e-books can't have - the touch of paper.

Different paper feels different when you touch it, especially when you turn the pages, the touch of your fingertips across the pages makes people very happy, which may be the reason why many e-books have simulated backgrounds inside the settings, and people enjoy the feeling of turning the pages.

(2) Book Aroma

E-books don't have flavor, but paper does. "Book aroma", not only refers to learned knowledge, or an olfactory perception. New books may still have a "stench" of publication, slightly pungent, but old books smell faintly.

Paper is made of cellulose and a small amount of lignin, a complex polymer of aromatic alcohols.

Old books smell faintly of vanilla flowers and almonds, due to the breakdown of chemicals in the paper, while new books also smell that way because of the large number of chemicals used in their manufacture.

(3) Learning and Reading Habits

Beyond traditional paper books, e-books are a newcomer, so for most people, they are basically more familiar with paper books, for example, most of the textbooks are still paper books, and we are used to taking notes on top of the paper, so we may be more accustomed to paper books, in terms of our learning and reading habits. Paper books, from the concept of reading "paper books" to be called "reading", is more formal reading.

?2, with the collection, commemorative value

Paper books have a good collection and commemorative value, because the paper book is a physical book, it will not be unable to read because of the failure of the electronic equipment has been preserved. Paper books before publication is after typography and other design, many look very beautiful, and part of the book as an out-of-print books and orphan books, "things are rare", has a collection and commemorative value.

?3, less error rate

Paper books less error rate is because after the publication of the physical book, the most you can do is scribble on it, but can not do to modify the original content of the book. With the exception of pirated books, the authenticity and integrity of paper books are generally relatively unimpaired in their distribution.

(2) the disadvantages of paper books

?1, not conducive to environmental protection

Paper books have advantages, naturally, there are also disadvantages." Even a thinner pie has two sides. "The most obvious disadvantage of paper books is that it is not conducive to environmental protection, even if there is cultivation of trees dedicated to paper, in the various processes of processing, will consume resources, indirectly destroying the environment.

?2, not easy to retrieve and other modifications

Paper books once published, that basically can not be modified, which is a major inconvenience, so the pre-publication will be more detailed. There is also the paper book is not easy to retrieve, if you suddenly want to find a sentence, you can only rely on memory and page by page, not very convenient.

?3, not easy to carry, crowded space

Paper books are physical books, in terms of weight, are generally not very light, and sometimes the need is not one or two books, in the carry will cause trouble, and storage, but also a lot of considerations, after all, it is very easy to be damaged, not only to occupy the space, but also to carefully protect.

?4, expensive, not easy to buy

The price of paper books in general is not sky-high, but the price of each book in fact, are quite high, to buy a bunch of thousands of thousands of people may have to buy, or a lot of spending. And physical books either go to the bookstore or wait for the courier, can not quickly to hand, the purchase method is not convenient.

The advantages and disadvantages of e-books

(a) the advantages of e-books

?1, easy to carry, space saving

E-books only need to carry an electronic device, you can always flip through a large number of books, and did not download the book, you can search the Internet, can be said to be "a hand, the world's books have", easy to carry and does not take up a lot of space, do not have to think about saving.

?2, easy to buy, cheap

From the price of e-books, the price of e-books is certainly cheaper, because e-books are just data that can be shared at any time through the network, the cost is low. In the form of purchase, basically buy it now, no need to wait, and have the equipment can be purchased at any time.

?3, can be customized to modify the format

E-books can be set according to personal reading habits of the background, spacing, font size, fonts, etc., and some sites also comes with beautiful pictures or witty expression packages, a variety of forms. In addition, we can also download the eBook documents, so you can modify the content of the book as you wish.

?4, saving paper, environmental low-carbon

E-books only need electronic equipment and electricity, do not need to cut down the trees to make paper and print books, from the point of view of environmental protection, it is certainly a great saving of resources, to achieve energy saving, environmental protection, low-carbon, and make a contribution to the protection of the environment. protect the environment to make a contribution.

(2) the shortcomings of e-books

?1, affecting vision

e-books belong to the light-emitting electronic products, the eyes can cause light damage, prolonged radiation can be caused by corneal epithelial exfoliation, radiation cataracts, but also the formation of retinal macular damage; promote the formation of myopia, aggravate the degree of myopia.

Can cause visual fatigue, headache, eye swelling, and even increased intraocular pressure. Some foreign researchers have found that using a light-emitting e-book reader before going to bed may alter circadian rhythms and have side effects on sleep and alertness. To summarize, its affects vision.

?2, the lack of physical texture

E-books are electronic devices, the screen and paper feel must be very different, and based on the pursuit of paper touch, people have also developed a "water ink screen", which is due to the lack of physical texture e-books! The company's website has been updated with the latest information about the company's website, and there are a lot of people who are demanding it.

?3, dependent on equipment and power

Similar to the powerlessness of the blackout, blackout on the sky, this time the need for the existence of candles, e-books are unable to touch the data, once the power is insufficient, can not see, can not be like a physical book alone.

?4, authenticity can not be guaranteed

E-book content in the dissemination process can not control its whether to modify, may be different for each person to see the version, because of the freedom of its modification is too large, such as pirated novels content may be very different, because everyone can modify and then uploaded to share.

?5. Easily distracted

Electronic readers may be a little better, but if you are reading e-books on a cell phone or other device, it is easy to get distracted, and you will be attracted by other entertainment or chatting software to divert your attention from a good read. The effect is not good.

Paper books and e-books have their own advantages and disadvantages, so we still have to choose according to personal habits and economic level and other aspects of the comprehensive measurement, and this is not "one or the other" of the situation, when more like which one, choose that one. In the end, paper books and e-books are just different forms, "all changes are the same", the purpose is to read.