Essay - Ebooks vs physical books

I got a writing assignment from English class: Write an essay.  So I decided to collide it together with my book addiction and blog. I know I'm not active this month, but the books I have picked aren't that appealing.

"Since the introduction of E-books to the market, there had always been the question, whether they are really better than the physical books. There are countless discussions on that topic and many say that they might replace the actual books. 

The reasons as to why are very simple. Once you buy any e-reader, you pay for the device once and not that much in comparison for buying physical books constantly. Not only it saves the space in your apartment, it saves your money. E-books are usually at least 50 percent cheaper.

Have you ever considered taking books with you on a holiday? And I can bet that you have encountered a problem called heavy books. Physical copies are much heavier than a single e-reader, which you could take basically everywhere. Small, compact and capable of bearing up to one thousand books. This way you do not need another bag for books, nor does your back suffer from the weight.

The only possible disadvantage might be, that you do not feel a physical copy in your hands, the thrill of turning pages. And the fact that you cannot show off your shelves of books to your friends.

Yet, it is true that e-books save the nature. We do not need to cut down trees for one book, but even though the electronic books are taking over, there always will be a certain charm to owning a small bookshelf in your house. Like Cicero had said: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”