In media, the environment issues are quite popular. We can’t stop hearing about how the jungles and forests are about to disappear because of all the trees that are cut to make wood and mostly paper. This means that ecologist are huge approvers of the E-books, as it could help saving tons of paper a year. Also, there’s less and less space to keep all the printed books, and being able to stop printing them and start saving them in a digital format can save huge amounts of space. Though, of course, there’s people who think that nothing can quite compare to a good printed book, the feeling of its sheets and it’s smell when it has been in a shelve for too long.
What no one can deny is of course how practical it is. As a reader I know how bad for your back can be to bring along in a handbag a book to read in the tube, if it has more than a thousand pages. The chance of having this book, and all the books you want, in a small -and more importantly; light- tablet is more than attractive.
Some argue that looking at a screen for too long can’t be good for the eyes, but very specific components of these screens make them suitable even for the most sensitive of eyes. So it won’t tire your eyes more than a normal book would.
At the moment the E-book industry is increasing, as more and more people want to try the benefits of this invent. Millions of well known titles are already available, and the actual machines are not too expensive. So I might as well buy myself one and give it a try, and I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys reading doing it as well.
References:
- http://www.ebookmall.com/aboutebooks.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book
- http://www.ebookedit.com/
- http://www.ebooks.com/
- http://www.ebook.com/
