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Do eBooks Cheapen the Value of Reading?

Some are saying that online reading is going to lower the quality of books. However, there are many others who say that this is simply not true.

We all know that book stores are having a hard timecompeting with the increased availability of reading material online.There aremany kinds of books that have been affected by this, such as romance Novels,reference books, as well as collections of poetry.Some people are saying thatthe increased availability of reading materials online will lower the qualityof what people read overall.However, there are many others who believe thatthis is just not accurate.Onlineavailability of reading material has made things a lot more convenient forpeople everywhere and in many cases, as online edition of a book is simply moreuser-friendly than a print version.Take a dictionary, for example.Looking up aword in a physical dictionary takes up more time and effort than simply typingit into Google on a computer or smart phone.Online encyclopedias are also moreconvenient than their print versions.In an online reference book, users getinformation that is far more detailed and complete than what could fit in anencyclopedia.In fact, most entries on Wikipedia contain pictures, graphs orother visual material to make things easier to understand for the user.Includingthis kind of detailed content would be quite difficult in a print encyclopedia,as it would simply take up too much space. Some people argue that the rise ofself-published authors, such as those who sell Romance Books Online brings downthe overall quality of literature.But again, there are many arguments thatcould be made to counter this point.First of all, there are many famous authorswho were rejected by dozens of publishers for years before they finally foundone that liked their material.Who knows how many good books arent evenavailable right now because an editor decided that it was not good enough forthem. Self-published authors, such as those who write erotic eBookslet thereaders judge their material instead of editors.The way this works is verysimple and can be applied to any other product or service that is being sold ina free market: if people like something, they will buy it.If they believe thatan author is good, they will seek to buy more of his work.If people dont likeit, then they just will not buy it.Also, quality in literature is highlysubjective.A certain person may find a book boring or unappealing, whileanother one may consider it to be one of the best pieces of literature thatthey have ever had the chance to lay their eyes on.Same thing goes for anythingelse that is considered as art, such as cinema, theater, paintings and so on.Somepeople will like a certain pieceScience Articles, but some just wont.

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