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Views on The Future of Printed Materials

The fate of printed newspapers and books have gone off the shelf as the cheap and easy online access is on the rise as it is just away on a click of a button. On this fact, I agree with the notion that cutting-edge technology and the ever expanding internet access is only set to mark a different footprint in the near future as we are grappling and heading into uncertain times.

One of the reasons of fading the charm of reading the printed copy of materials such as –newspapers, books and journals; is that paper-based materials are considered to be handy, expensive and difficult to manage in this time and age, when the same copy is easily available on a press of button in the powerful device called mobile phones and other electronic gadgets which is shaping the world in a different manner. This is due to the turn-over of a new cutting-edge technology and this is only set to get better and better. For instance, if I would like to read a book, or any other reading piece, which is not available nearby, I can just take a phone, click the source and instantly I get to read with the press of a button which is far cheaper and easy to manage. Furthermore, all news channels and Ebooks have their own version of online and offline apps, which is affordable that feeds every bit of information and gives updates on any new books available for reading. 

 

The other reason is that the speed of the Internet is getting better, faster and more reliable as it is also important driving force why most people opt to read online these days making a easy choice of paperless reading of any length of pages as it takes milli-second to download and open which is the ultimate desire of anyone. Nevertheless, with Internet broadband getting sharper and faster, sharing of any kind of documents with people of any choice is possible which is why most of the people glue themselves with online and offline reading choices. For example, a friend of mine is so addicted to online reading such as updating news, books, journals and research papers, which is a clear indication of fast, and reliable net connection making life easy for everyone by cutting the cost of buying printed materials. 

 

In conclusion, reading hard copy is a choice made by only a small section of old and illiterate people and it's only set to get low over the years in the face of a superior technological world backed by fast and reliable net connection regardless of backgrounds and regions one occupies.

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