The Impact of E-Books on the Printed Books: E-Books Popularity, Growth and Future
This
study aims to identify the preferences of the net generation readers in print
and electronic media activities and to investigate the impact of e-books on the
printed books, and try and see if printed books are being gradually replaced by
electronic one. The survey method of research was applied to conduct the study
and questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The stratified random
sampling technique was employed for selection of participants. Comparing
readers’ preferences between reading a printed book and electronic media, it
seems that e-book Growth is slowing, but still substantial, and the majority of
book readers believe that e-books will become more popular than the printed
books in the future Keywords‐e-books; printed books; readers; student preferences
