What is a book

 In my opinion, a book is something that holds meaning and has a story to it. A book is that you can hold and feel that paper. An e-book is not considered a book because you can’t hold it and rip the pages and make annotations on it. I have a strong hatred for e-books because my e-book turned out to not have a place for annotations while I read my summer reading book. I took annotations on a piece of paper and my teacher didn’t accept them so I am never downloading a book again. The 0/15 on my grade right now is killing me all because of the title e-book, it’s not even a book. There is something magical about reading a book that is in the form of a paper back. The reading experience should never change. I have a different feeling about audio-books than e-books. I actually enjoy audio-books and I think that it portrays the same message as the book as long as you are following along. You can still picture what is going on in your head. The only part that I couldn’t stand is the audio-books that read at the slowest pace ever and there is no way to speed them up. They are still considered books in my opinion though.

Q: Is the electronic version of a book different than the hard copy?

SS: Completely different. The experience is nothing like the experience of having your own book that you got at Barnes and Nobles. Having to go there and smelling that familiar smell of the store. The same smell lingers in your book as you flip every page instead of just clicking an arrow to get to the next page as you stare at technology. The experiences are completely different and the smallest differences are what make reading worth it. P.S. I’ll never read an e-book again.