Reading is my passion. My favourite past-time activity. Reading can be fun, entertaining and educating. Sometimes, all at the same time. I find it surprising that there are people who don't read. It can be and sometimes is, more fun than watching a movie or tv show. It forces you to use your imagination to re-create the scenes that the author is describing. But I digress.
What I want to talk about is the much spoken about debate-which is better, Books or Ebooks? There are pros and cons to support each. The main and strongest in favour of Books is that no electronic medium can replace the feel and smell of a book. The pride of owning a first edition. Getting your copy autographed.
And the pros of Ebooks are plenty too. Biggest and most important one-Saves Paper (Subsequent Con of Books). All environmentalists should be for it. You can carry multiple books on your e-book reader without inconvenience as opposed to carrying multiple books. Another great pro for e-books,rather ebook apps, is access to classics for free including books that you won't find at the local Library. (Bliss!)
And yet, bookstores thrive. And people buy books. Including me. It is one of my dreams to have a library in my house. If e-books replace books in the near future, then my library will most likely be a nice cozy room with only a Kindle decorating an otherwise bare floor-to-ceiling shelf (not a pretty sight.)
So I personally am in a dilemma. Though logically I am for e-books (saving paper, multiple books, searching-referencing within the reader etc), I can't yet give up on my Library dream. I can't decide if I should stay a Bookworm or progress to becoming a Bookvirus.
What I want to talk about is the much spoken about debate-which is better, Books or Ebooks? There are pros and cons to support each. The main and strongest in favour of Books is that no electronic medium can replace the feel and smell of a book. The pride of owning a first edition. Getting your copy autographed.
And the pros of Ebooks are plenty too. Biggest and most important one-Saves Paper (Subsequent Con of Books). All environmentalists should be for it. You can carry multiple books on your e-book reader without inconvenience as opposed to carrying multiple books. Another great pro for e-books,rather ebook apps, is access to classics for free including books that you won't find at the local Library. (Bliss!)
And yet, bookstores thrive. And people buy books. Including me. It is one of my dreams to have a library in my house. If e-books replace books in the near future, then my library will most likely be a nice cozy room with only a Kindle decorating an otherwise bare floor-to-ceiling shelf (not a pretty sight.)
So I personally am in a dilemma. Though logically I am for e-books (saving paper, multiple books, searching-referencing within the reader etc), I can't yet give up on my Library dream. I can't decide if I should stay a Bookworm or progress to becoming a Bookvirus.
