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“The Future of Libraries in The E-Book Age.” NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2011, www.npr.org/2011/04/04/135117829/the-future-of-libraries-in-the-e-book-age. Accessed 1 Mar. 2017. In this article, Lynn Neary writes of the struggle libraries are havinh in battling technology as it progresses. The uprising of e-books, has left libraries somewhat ignored; until places such as Harper Collins publishing co. put a limit on how many times an e-book can be rented. Several pros of e-books are: when it is overdue it disappears from the device without any extra charge; and if it is loaned to someone, the copy is still on your device. One fear is that libraries are becoming obsolete and eventually, publishers will no longer be making money – thus authors will make even less from their works. Eli Neiburger thinks libraries could deal straight from the source: content providers. People would be forced to go through the library and the author/artist would get more money out of that. Libraries have always been the quiet thinking place, but if they are to survive, they must make changes to accommodate the uprising of digital novels and

Many textbooks that are currently being used in this present decade, whether in elementary schools, high schools, and/or colleges, are available online. For example, an online site called “eBooks.” The electronic reading device allows students to buy their textbooks on online at a cheaper price. You are able to purchase more than one textbook and it gives students the opportunity to buy books and read without the struggle. There are many websites out there that aid students and their wallets, but it is quite hard to find the specific book a student may need. Often times the textbook companies provide the textbooks online but provide a different edition. Even if the online textbooks required payment, it is not as highly priced as a hardcover textbook, just quite hard to find, if it is

In today’s day and age, it is common knowledge that students possess different learning styles than those of generations before them. In the essays by Marc Prensky “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants” (2001) and “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part II: Do They Really Think Differently?” (2001) the author clearly argues a need to adapt to students modern learning styles. In Lotta Larson’s “The Learning Potential of e-Books” (2015) Larson also argues the clear benefits of eLearning for today’s students. Finally, is Naomi S. Baron’s “How E-Reading Threatens Learning is the Humanities” (2014) a different approach is noted as eLearning could be argued as distracting to a student’s learning process. It is no question that pupils today can

Books used to be a hard copied deed with words handwritten by ink pen, owned by the rich until the advent of the first printing press, enabling many to own multiple copies of this so called books. This also allowed affordable access to information and education for most. As time passed on, words began to show up on electronic devices allowing all to own at least one copy of a book "that's ever been written"; at least until it just "vanishes". Some may see this great technology as the greatest asset of the world, however, others may believe such things are wrong and not the conventional way of doing things. The contentious issue of eBooks replacing the traditional hard copied

When it comes to purchasing a textbook, "a hardcover full-color textbook [can] cost $200 or more." (Liz Weston). That is about equal to one month of groceries (Michelle OBrien). Having to buy a textbook that costs almost as a month of groceries is ridiculous. With minor changes to new editions of the same textbook coming out every semester or even every year, has students wondering whether to purchase the older edition or the new one. However, if a student wants to purchase the latest edition, how is it possible to purchase the textbook cheaper than what the university or college Bookstore offers. Well, the solution is to purchase it online. "Books can be 20%-40% cheaper on Amazon and Textbook.com." (Michelle OBrien) Therefore, instead of spending $200 or even more on one textbook, a student can save up to 20-40% and sometimes even more on a textbook.

Textbook prices have been on the rise since the late 1970s. A book that would have cost 25 dollars in 1978 had risen in cost to 208 dollars in 2013, an increase of 812 percent (Follett 1), and with an 82 percent increase between the years of 2002 and 2013 (Sennack 6). This is a higher increase in the price percentage wise than medical care, housing, and even the consumer

Text books are printed many times over. Many people tend to leave textbooks laying around and after many years just simply throw them away. Using e-readers would prevent this entirely. The New York Times reported that “the Cleantech study concluded that purchasing three e-books per month for four years produces roughly 168 kilograms of C02 during an e-readers lifespan, compared to an estimated 1,074 kilograms of C02 produced by the same number of printed books.” Damage to our environment is done every day, so whatever we can do to help preserve a beautiful world should be done.

The controversy between print and electronic books has been going on since electronic print became easily accessible. People struggle everyday between this decision, some think in a way they are betraying themselves by choosing electronic because they have used print for so long. Everyone is allowed to have their opinion on which they prefer and should not be judged for choosing one over another. The older generations didn 't even have the option of choosing an electronic version of a book, so it can seem foreign to them at times. Why would they ever pick something that is so new and only accessible on an electronic device? What if the electronic device suddenly stopped working and you were out of a book? There are both positives and negatives to both sides of this controversy that will determine which side people will pick when deciding what they are going to read.

Due to the ancient time books provide lots of the information to us. As, we can say that, the books are the best friend for the humans. It is the only one thing that you can rely on it. Books provide enormous information, that information assist to gain our knowledge or made good human being. Due to the passage of the time everything has been changed rapidly and the way of the learning has been also changed. In modern era everything has been changed due to the advancement in technology. A world becomes modern. It can provide new learning source like, Online learning, E-books, Google books or many more. But in this time some students prefer to E-books and some go for with Print books. Both books have own value. I would also prefer to E-books. So today we will discuss “How E-books are better than print books.

The Kindle owners can keep books for pleasure, other reading material for themselves and for sharing with friends and family on a single device that can be held easily and fits in any bag pack, purse or briefcase. E-books are easily available for purchase and download.

The debate over e-books vs books in print has been a controversial issue since the digital age began. There are a variety of people with different viewpoints that make it very difficult for school districts to make decisions over this dispute. Some grade level students prefer using digital textbooks over using printed books because it makes learning more interesting and interactive. Some grade level teachers and parents, however, think digital textbooks can be a distraction in the classroom. The issues concerned in this controversial discussion include the cost, learning distractions,and health issues involved, and the motivation to learn.

Although I personally love the smell of a new book, I agree that there must be a better way to publish these books. Perhaps electronic text is that way. Rogers certainly believes so. “The Internet presents all the elements needed for a true reinvention and renaissance of book publishing” (Rogers). If books were distributed on the web, paper would not be wasted, and publishers would not be taking a risk because the copies not sold would never have actually been printed – they simply would never have been downloaded. I believe that the future of e-books is an exciting area to explore.

‘Electronic Book’ refers to the digital format of a book and is commonly known as ‘E-book’. It is also known as the ‘Digital Book’. With regard to the e-book, the contents of the same are displayed on the screen of a computer or any handset device that supports the e-book format (Lee, “E-books: Understanding the Basics”). Conversely, the written and printed contents in a plane paper or any form of printing papers are known as ‘Printed Book’, which is different from the e-book concepts (Vassiliou and Rowley 355-368). In this regard, it is observed that the pages of the printed books are glued or sewn together in one side and hence, published in this format. Further, the distribution of the information, literature, music, academic contents, research papers, and many more, to the mass is known as ‘Publishing’. The publishing of a book is known as ‘Book Publishing’ and it is a big form of industry. Book publishing is of two types depending upon the format of the book. The one is of the ‘printed books’, while the other that is of the digital format is known as ‘e-book’ (Ho 1-389). Contextually, the essay intends to analyze the prospect of the printed books under the threat from the technologically advanced e-books. Moreover, it also proposes to analyze the prospect of printed book industry in the future day context.

E-books is a term used to describe a book in digital shape you can read it on a computer screen or from e-reader devices and some people would say it is a book published in an electronic way and it is pages have same website features and you can download it from the internet or buy it as a CD. The main aim of the e-books is to create digital libraries contain a lot of resources,references and information to take benefits from in easier and faster way for students, Scientists, and all reader. In 45 years ago the first electronic book was born in 1971. The idea of e-books start with Gutenberg project when Michael Hart planning to convert heritage books into electronic form(Lebert, 2009). From that time so far e-books devices have many developments and changes in size, shape, and technology due to the electronic revolution which has the main role to widespread of the e-books devices.”Recently, it was found that an average student who graduated from a university in the U.S. has spent less than 5000 hours on studying but over 10,000 hours on computer games, email, and social networking sites” (Deshpande & Huang, 2011). According to Chia-Wen Tsai and Yu-Jui Lu researchers their study discussed with some teachers teaching computing courses in elementary schools and found that students are highly interested in the content of the computer courses at school. As every new technology e-books have advantages and disadvantages. Nevertheless, the benefits of e-books are more than the

It is hoped that the problems of e-books can be surmounted with the development of technology. More people can share the benefits of Electronic