Books And Technology Is The Future Of Printed Books In Jeopa

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everyday life? Maybe so, but there is nothing like researching your interests through your own motivation. It is not hard to go to the library and read through books to gather information. The many people who read for leisure probably cannot imagine reading their favorite novel on the computer. One of the joys of reading is that you can be anywhere and still "lose" yourself in a book. You can sit in bed, or on your favorite chair, and thumb through a book. Books are imperative in the process of forming objectives. Books may not exist in the future because of technology. Technology has brought forth many inventions like audiobooks and the newly introduced electronic books to simplify the process of reading. Is this really necessary? And even if it is, will printed books one day be extinct?
Books have entertained people for a very long time. Oral tradition led to writing, and then movies and television came along. The computer is taking over all aspects of entertainment. ...

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author states, "Inhabitants of digital culture watch text and graphics scrolling down and streaming across computer monitors. But they don't always call it reading. On PC's [personal computers], people search, surf, browse, log on, but seldom admit to reading" (Fortune 1). You can download any newspaper on the Web, but do you want to read your daily newspaper on your computer when you wake up in the morning? I would not think so. Some companies have thought about this and now they bring readers the electronic book, "…digital files of novels, magazines, and newspapers that can be downloaded into handheld gadgets for portable, paper-free reading" (Terell). Here we go-you can ...

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