It is difficult to list in just a few lines the benefits of reading books. But which ones should we choose? The increasingly accessible electronic ones or the well-known paper ones? Which type of reader are you?
1. Contact with the soft, ink-scented pages brings a unique pleasure to the senses. Touching the book even turns reading into a physically pleasant sensation.
2. Admit it – after staring at a computer screen all day, it is not very relaxing to continue doing it on a monitor, even on an e-reader.
3. A number of scientific studies confirm that people perceive information from a book better when it is on paper.
4. Printed books remind us of certain events in our lives. One book can take you back to your childhood, another to the unforgettable moments of the summer you spent in Italy, for example.
5. Whenever you want, you can reach for a printed book. Its battery will not run out right at the most interesting point.
6. The different formats of e-books are unnerving. You can’t wait to start reading a book, but it turns out that your device doesn’t support exactly that format.
7. You can create a collection of books that you can be proud of for a lifetime. Aren’t shelves piled high with books at home the dream of every avid reader?
8. With an e-book, you can’t collect autographs from your favorite writers. And what more unique experience than meeting the author of your favorite book and preserving this memory on the book itself.
9. It’s no coincidence that printed books have different covers. People see what others are reading. They compare their tastes, their preferences. Thus, from a simple act, reading turns into building an entire community of like-minded people.
10. Printed books are not of interest to thieves. The same cannot be said for e-readers or other reading devices.
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We acknowledge The European Times for the information.
