Submitted: The Two Sides Team January 21, 2013

E-readers will never replace a regular novel. There is too much sentimental value and tradition attached to the tried and true paper books.
January 18 2013

by Zach Geldert, The Guardian

E-readers will never replace a regular novel. There is too much
sentimental value and tradition attached to the tried and true paper
books. The feeling alone is enough to convince many people, myself
included, to stick with paper books. Moreover staring at a screen for
hours at a time can be very strenuous on one’s eyes. Some might argue
that E-readers are more environmentally friendly however many of the
novels are mostly made out of entirely recycled paper or have their
paper supply come from a sustainable forest. E-readers on the other hand
require plastics and chemicals to be manufactured and are not
biodegradable. Lastly, paper novels help the authors to grow and become
more successful than E-readers do. This is because it is much harder to
steal the authors work. Downloading books off of the Internet for free
is quite easy and requires little effort. Therefore if you wish to
continue to read your favourite author’s novels buying paper back is the
way to go. Paper novels will never be ousted. There’s too much
tradition surrounding paper books. E-readers may be new, innovative and a
great idea in theory, but paper books will live on forever.

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