On the one hand, e-books
are more comfortable to read, because you can have many books in
your e-book and they don't occupy space (point against paper books).
Paper books are heavier than e-books and you can carry your
e-book wherever you want because they are portable. E-books are
environmentally friendly, since they are not made of paper and therefore no trees have to be cut down. . Virtual books are cheaper than paper books because
editorials don't need to manufacture them, they only have to copy them in
their computers and sell them. A lot of people think that ebook screens hurt your eyes but actually it's false, because most
of the new e-books use a special screen with ink which doesn't hurt
your eyes and you have the feeling that you are reading a paper book.
On the other hand, a lot
of people prefer to use a paper book because they prefer the
sensation of touching paper rather than an ebook screen. Virtual books hurt the editorials which sell their books,
because a lot of people upload the books illegally without selling them and you can download them from the Internet to your ebook without
paying and it is bad for the editorials which earn money selling books.
To sump it, a few years
ago I used to read paper books because I like feeling the paper, but actually paper books are too expensive and you can
find the same book for free. If the cost of the paper books went down, maybe I would buy them again.
Jordi Olives Cegarra 2ºA
If you talk about ebooks (plural) you have to use they/them, not "it"
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