E-BOOKS VS PAPER BOOKS

Nowadays, when you're sitting in a hospital waiting room, for instance, it's very common to see people reading with an e-book, while a few years ago the most usual thing was to see people with a classic paper book. This new way of reading is becoming more and more popular, but does this mean that paper books will disappear?

On the one hand, e-books have a lot of advantages that have made them become popular in few years. Firstly, they are easy to carry, because you can have more than 1000 different books in it, while paper books are heavy. Another important reason is that they are enviromentally friendly, and it's important because some trees have to be cut in order to make just one book.

On the other hand, paper books have also their positive aspects. For example, with a classic book you will never have to worry about the message appearing in the screen and saying: Battery low! Furthermore, some books are difficult to find in digital version, while you know you always can go to the bookshop near your house and the book you're looking for will be there.

On balance, I think e-books are an excellent invention, because I can download books from the internet in a few minutes, and you don't have to worry if you don't like the book you're reading, you just have to click on "delete" and download another one.

PATRICIA MARRA-LÓPEZ VIDAL