There is no denying the fact that e-books havegained increasing popularity in the past years alongwith the development of information technology.Taking a look around, we can find examples toonumerous to list. Actually, modern readers seem tospend more time on e-books than on traditionalones.
As a consequence, it has emerged as a hotlydebated topic whether e-books will take the place oftraditional books in the future. Some hold the positive view. They claim that it is natural forbooks to be come electronic as mankind steps into a digital age. Compared with traditionalbooks, e-books have some obvious advantages. For one thing, it is convenient to read on lineas modern people have easy access to the Internet. For another, reading e-books savesmoney.
Personally, I believe that e-books cannot replace all traditional books. First, you can marka traditional book and write your comments in the margin but you can hardly do that on e-books. Secondly, to many people, only the smell of print and the feel of paper can provide thetrue sense of reading and learning. Therefore, in my opinion, traditional books will still exist inthe future.