Digital Readers vs. Textbooks: Who wins?

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Every college student, including myself, has been in this position before: standing at the cash register at the bookstore, wondering how these 5 books cost you so much money. The new e-books offer a cheaper, and more environmentally friendly alternative to heavy textbooks. With the emergence of the Kindle, Sony Reader, etc., people are now offered the access to thousands of books, all on the same device. Furthermore, this device sparingly uses battery, and would greatly cut back on the use of paper for books. From a student's standpoint, the e-books are cheaper and lighter to carry. It seems that, in the near future, schools will shift from the standard textbooks to the new, efficient e-books. The digital readers seem to be a great step up from the "old" world of paper and textbooks. But the question remains; will the digital reader be the death of the paperback book? Only time will tell!


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