Topic > Printed books vs. Digital Books - 515

The importance of technology has always been fundamental to our existence. Many types of technology continue to grow over passing generations. Since the 1400s, books have been central to how we document facts, theories, and experiments. This has evolved from turning important documentation into electronic books to brand new everyday books only available in electronic format. How long will it take before paper books become obsolete? Printed books have a history of 600 years, they are the embodiment of culture. Many book lovers tend to enjoy the look of books on a shelf in their home. Like many forms of physical media such as books and vinyl; people tend to purchase original first printed copies for their collections. First edition books tend to be very rare and expensive, books are an important part of history and collecting old pieces of literature is very important to some people. "Traditionally a book is seen as a singular and isolated phenomenon, a copy with all its physical dimensions connected to a single descriptive level, or placed in a broad context, a life, a library, an e...