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Can E-book Lead to the Disappearance of Hardbacks or Newspapers?

by Annie459236 on Sep 2, 2009

What's black and white and read all over? Not newspapers, at least not anymore. In fact, if you're like most young people, you probably don't read the newspaper at all. In one recent survey, just 19 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds said they read a newspaper every day. In contrast, 37 percent watch local TV news and 44 percent visit Internet news sites daily. As people turn more and more to new technologies, they turn the pages of newspapers less and less. Just a generation or two ago, the newspaper was the main way in which many people got their news. Now, nearly every home has at least one TV set. There's high-speed, wireless Internet access in many cafes. Cell phones handle text messages and can take pictures and download e-mails. You no longer have to wait for a bundle of newsprint to arrive on your doorstep every morning. Thanks to new technology, if you want to know what's going on in the world, you can get breaking news instantly in more ways than one. Arnaud Nourry,...Read More >>