Hard-copy books can offer an enriching escape precisely because they’re not digital. If more young people would give them a chance, they might find traditional books particularly appealing—a nice tactile experience to complement their computer screens.
Agreed!
Books offer advantages such as:
- stability of content,
- transparent publication history (version/edition, copyright date, ISBN, authorship),
- no data tracking of readers,
- access:
- - any number of persons may use/read/share a book,
- - a book may be used/read for an indefinite length of time without additional costs imposed,
- - a book has no
scheduled outage or downtime,
- - a book has no
unplanned outage or downtime,
- - - a reader can access book pages in any order:
- - - can thumb through to see what is being taught/learned,
- - - can flip pages to observe context and tone of the information provided,
- - - can ascertain gaps/omissions/censorship... what is NOT being taught.
