It can be a hard choice, sometimes, deciding between an e-book and a print book. A person can be faced with easy travel and low cost versus familiarity and nostalgia. It depends on why a person needs to read in the first place. In Rick’s case, he had a more practical reason for using books. It was school and work related, which had him much more inclined to use print books. He could keep track of where he was reading, and he could also highlight and annotate as much as he wanted without technical difficulties or complications. I could understand his reasons. With my own pen, pencils, and markers, there are no limits to what I could do to my books in terms of notes and marks. It was very convenient to be able to fold or mark a page that I frequently use so that I do not have to continuously scroll through, potentially, hundreds of pages to find the right one.
While this may be the case for school work and college students, in the professional world, the convenience of electronic copies of articles and papers heavily outweigh printed copies. Being able to share endless amounts of information in a matter of seconds with a few clicks of a computer is an invaluable asset for any business or company to have. It is also important to consider that, in a work environment, employees can easily print out hard copy if they prefer. As a matter of a fact, investigating whether employees in a company or business prefer print or electronic versions of their paperwork or important articles and documents could indicate how fast the shift to electronics truly is.
While this may be the case for school work and college students, in the professional world, the convenience of electronic copies of articles and papers heavily outweigh printed copies. Being able to share endless amounts of information in a matter of seconds with a few clicks of a computer is an invaluable asset for any business or company to have. It is also important to consider that, in a work environment, employees can easily print out hard copy if they prefer. As a matter of a fact, investigating whether employees in a company or business prefer print or electronic versions of their paperwork or important articles and documents could indicate how fast the shift to electronics truly is.