Old Books vs E-Books

Innovation nowadays goes naturally in our home, school, work and society. All aspects of life are described by the innovative changes on things, events, methods, and ideas that are new and useful.

Our age is approaching in the application of better solutions that meet new needs or existing society requirements. This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and community. Furthermore, educational materials reached at its peak development. These innovative materials such as electronic books or e-books are used for better.

However, researches and studies have shown that these innovations have also limitations as compared to obsolete, outdated, printed books. According to Fenlon (2013), author of “Paper Books Offer Better Reading Comprehension Than E-Books”, the death of paper, argues technology writer Nicholas Carr, has been greatly exaggerated. This is an old trend: a new medium pops up, be it the radio or television or the Internet, and some speculate that the book or newspaper or magazine is surely doomed. When e-readers and tablets and e-books arrived, their popularity seemed to be a death sentence for hardbacks and paperbacks. But, writes Carr, that sentence won't be carried out anytime soon.” According to Carr's research, paper books still make up 75 percent of book sales in the United States. And that's not counting the used book market, which is also on an upswing.

I strongly disagree with the elimination of the old version materials. Being knowledgeable and fanatic to old books is not a point here.  But we must consider the fact that reading a paper book and reading a digital one has a great difference, whether it's on an LCD or an e-ink screen. Studies proved that physical books actually help us retain information better. Our brains simply react to printed words differently than digital ones. It is still important to regain the physical presence of these printed books. Make it available for reader’s navigation.

Some scientists believe that our brain actually interprets written letters and words as physical objects—a reflection of the fact that our minds evolved to perceive things, not symbols," writes Carr. "The physical presence of the printed pages, and the ability to flip back and forth through them, turns out to be important to the mind’s ability to navigate written works, particularly lengthy and complicated ones. This is true in actual reading experiences. We cannot inspect thoroughly in E-books. Simply put, physical books are better for reading comprehension. Of course, digital books are also offering their own advantages. But the printed ones though are old, still isn't going anywhere.

This is supported by Scott (2013), “E-books require unique devices or even personal computers can be looked as a drawback. Numerous e-books are usually creates to end up being suitable for certain software which in turn may be not easily available. Since e-books are reliant on other equipment, particular hardware or software failing may impact this. Unless the hardware, Internet link or battery power that is needed by a good e-book reader is readily available, then its electronic paperwork is useless. In addition, e-books based on hardware and software and are more easily damaged than imprinted book”. Now, E-book reading devices are certainly more expensive compared to imprinted books. All devices of e-books need power. There is a growing problem which the e-books at the moment might not be obtainable or even compatible to the future e-books software or devices.

People from different countries testify that they prefer the printed books. They love feeling the pages as they read... something about the fact that they can spill something on it. At present, numerous people choose the traditional types than e-books., since it can save their own time and cash.” I prefer to read on the printed books. I develop my imagination. My kids develop their imagination, too!” says Mrs.Lopez, a mom for 2 kids.

Severe concern for numerous possible users of e-book technologies are screen glare and eyes. Screen glare and eyestrain are a severe concern for numerous possible customers of e-book technologies. A major be concerned of reading from a good e-book readers could harm the eyes. The show resolution of computer screens and electronic devices is even less than the print quality produced by a publishing push. For these reasons, interested readers will be limited! It is because e-books for them become risky. In addition to this, reading from a computer lacks the knowledge and comfort of reading from a book. A paper book can be opened and turned via, while a good electronic text is much more difficult to read.

Lastly, e-books have unreliable life span. Paper has a much longer life span compared to most digital forms of storage space. Simply because of the rapid development of new computer systems it is difficult to assess whether the software or even hardware will become out-of-date. As new hardware is actually developed buildings should be put into location to permit for the migration of existing materials to the new platforms so that they can be utilized. Techniques of preserving the electronic documents should also end up being created. It can end up being hard to distinguish readers from the others. To make a book equivalent to a “real” book, one should find and assess several e-book publishers prior to making a deal. A fancy website doesn’t guarantee an excellent publisher.

Therefore, holding on to the old books must still be considered. Giving value onto it is as important as embracing the innovations.