Can e-books replace paper books?

Can e-books replace traditional books, the answer can and cannot, are too sure. Because what happens after us, who will not anticipate, the future is predictable, and we can not be foretold. But as things stand now, e-books really can't replace traditional books, and will remain as a cultural heritage in the future.

The traditional book has a long history, the archaeological team found that in the Western Han Dynasty appeared paper maps, and then after rounds and rounds of development, from a single sheet of paper into books, through the difficulties, evolved into the paper books we see today. The whole process has not only the book itself this thing so simple, it also reflects China's historical and cultural heritage, is worthy of our descendants to promote and respect.

So what are the reasons why e-books cannot replace traditional books? Let's first look at the advantages and disadvantages of e-books.

E-books

Pros: 1, convenient and fast, a wide variety of choices. As long as there are cell phones, tablets, readers and the network, move your fingers to search the world's books, no longer need to go to the trouble of running to the bookstore to buy a book like before, it can be said that anytime and anywhere you can read, but also do not have to worry about the weight of the book will give our hands to add to the burden.

? 2, watching e-books can be selective, there are paid and free, according to their own needs to decide, relatively comfortable. For friends who like books and are not too rich in life expenses, reading free books can solve their needs as well as save a lot of expenses and ease the pressure of life.

? 3, e-books are powerful. Some e-book sites or forums have been launched on the audiobook reading function, which for some of the time is money for the young, to solve their urgent needs. Reading tired eyes, you can use your ears to listen, if there are other things to do, you can do things while listening to the book, improve the efficiency of doing things; there are also some websites, e-book readers, reading apps launched the notes function, which makes up for the time to read the book because you can not mark some of the key things of the small shortcomings.

?4, e-books from the beginning of the creation of the whole process for the reader than the paper book publishing time is much less. Usually paper books to readers-oriented need to go through the process of writing - revision - typesetting - publishing - distribution, which will take some time to complete, and e-books save several procedures, time to be faster than paper books, saving human and financial resources.

While there are many advantages of e-books, there are also many disadvantages.

Disadvantages:

?1, tired eyes. Although paper books and e-books are tired eyes, but cell phones, computers, readers emit radiation light is easier on the eyes, which is the older generation of uncles and aunts prefer to read paper books one of the reasons.

?2, electronic paid books and free books have chicken ribs. The books that can be found on the Internet are divided into free reading and paid reading. Free reading of e-books is free, but careful readers have found that the major websites or reading app will always have some content is missed, affecting the quality of reading; pay to read it, you need to open a member, in fact, open a member, search to find out that, because of copyright issues, want to see the book can not be searched for, you need to go to another website to read, members open a number of, but also as good as to buy a paperback to the benefit of the affordable.

3, e-books have no collection value. A classic book can be used as a collection for people to enjoy, which is irreplaceable by e-books.

The advantages and disadvantages of paper books

Advantages: 1, paper books have a special significance in a special era, carrying the joys and sorrows of the era, but also cohesion of the people's wisdom, is the transformation of history and culture.

? 2, paper books are easy to carry, not tired eyes.

? 3, have collection value, can be used as a gift to others.

? 4, can create social value, help publishers employment and development.

Disadvantages:

? 1, paper production requires trees, which will affect the environmental protection issues.

? 2, paper is not easy to save, may cause the loss of some references.

? 3, paper books take up a lot of space. Friends who like books must have a warehouse or a study to save them.

? 4, the majority of pirated books, genuine books and expensive, social chaos can not be resolved, can only be transferred to e-books.

So it seems that both e-books and paper books have their own advantages and disadvantages, and overall, the number of people who like e-books is gradually increasing. Short-term look, e-books can not replace the traditional book, although e-books are no longer a new thing, but compared to the traditional book, it appeared the length of time is far less than the traditional book, the traditional book as the world's treasure, contains too deep meaning, is the proof of the progress and development of mankind, no matter what, people are not likely to let the paper book disappeared.