E-book Readers Comprehension

A growing trend amongst travellers is the usage of e-books. The question is that is this trend just a passing fancy or here for good?

E-books have a number of attractions. Some of them are free, some can be downloaded at a lower price which is an added advantage because money saved can be utilized on other things. Time and hassle can be saved by avoiding trips to bookshops. Books can be bought and paid, for at home. Moreover, storage space can be saved. While travelling the reader can carry the entire library instead of having to choose a few books.

E-books are a boon for those who are short sighted or have vision issues, for the size of the print can be increased and hence they can avoid having to squint or not being able to read at all. Lights can also be attached to the e-readers to facilitate reading. Users can also add personal touch to their readers by buying covers of their choice. Moreover, teachers and parents who feel that children do not develop reading habits may hope that they find the idea fascinating enough to take up reading. The frustration of finding the place in the book has also been overcome for the reader starts from the point where the person stopped reading.

However, there are people who are critical of e-readers. They feel that e-readers will lead to closing down of libraries which will be great loss to society. Downloading may be cheaper but the initial cost of e-readers is high as they are linked to computers which are expensive. This is viable for those who can afford them but not everyone can. If libraries are close down it will be a loss for those who cannot afford them or do not have the technological know how.

The satisfaction and pleasure of owning books cannot be replaced. E-readers cannot replace the satisfaction of holding a real book nor swapping of books with friends. Students are unable to annotate e-books or use them for cross-reference.

Buying e-books requires precise prior information while browsing in a bookshop may lead to finding required book. It would be sad if  bookshops had to chose down because they could not compete with e-books either due to lack of costumes or their reluctance to pay the higher price they charge. There would be more jobless people. It is early to state whether the  effects of e-readers would be negative.

(Reference book: GCE O’Level 2004 -2015)

1.	How can a money be saved from the e-books? E-books can be downloaded E-books are for cross reference E-books requires no storage E-books needs less search	6.	According to the extract, which of the following attractions of the e-books is not listed in the passage? They are time saving They are hassle free They are downloadable They all are free-of-cost
2.	Which of the following elements can not be saved from the e-books? Time Money Travelling Storage space	7.	How can you add a personal touch to the book of their choice? Buying covers of their choice By rephrasing the content By commenting on the book By replacing the real book
3.	What is the fear of the critics for the e-book users? Time saving Rise in unemployment Free-of-cost No cross referencing	8.	What can not be replaced by an e-book?
4.	What is early to state? Closure of the libraries Rise in unemployment Replacement of real book Effects would be negative	9.	Select the most suitable synonym of the word ‘boon’.
5.	Who will suffer if the libraries would close down? Librarians Teachers Students Engineers	10.	List any two advantages and disadvantages of the e-book readers.

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