We should abandon the practice of printing books and resort to using E-books

*First off I would like to point out that Con's first point in his rebbuttal is not a rebuttal but a clarification, and I concede to his comparison between E-readers and books.*Second, I would like to say that playing League of Legends is not a real life obligation that should keep you from replying to this debate medium, that has graciously given you 3 days time to post. Furthermore, I reminded you of the debate approximately 1.5 - 2 hours before your time expired on skype, therefore you have no valid excuse. ____________________________________________________________________________________________Rebuttals"pro implies that books are around 20 Dollars. Most book sales go for around 10-15 Dollars if you purchase them new out of a store." -I did not imply that books are around 20$, I simply said that you can get a 20$ book for less if you buy the E-book version. Furthermore even if the average costed $10 - $15, you still save more money by using E-readers and buying E-books.-Con has made a statement not backed up by any source. In a recent statistical study by "School Library Journal", it is shown that the average price of books range between 6$ to almost 30$, depending on the intended age of the book and whether or not it was hardcovered. If you determine the average by adding 6 with 30 and dividing that by 2, you get 18$ as the average book price in the United States, which is around 20. However, it is safe to assume that adults buy more books than children because children recieve most of their books from school and don't buy them. Therefore, it is also safe to assume that the 18$ can be bumped up to 20$. "also an option to purchase used books, Which millions of people do."-The purchasing of used books is irrelevant in this debate. This debate suggests the abandoning of printing of books, not what to do with books that have already been printed, like used books for an example. If my suggested policy of E-books are enforced, there will still be books in the world, used books, and they will obviously be sold and bought still. What this debate concerns with is the printing of books, other words, new books. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AddendumE-books guarantee Economical and Technological Benefits-Con has yet to address my previous point that adopting this policy of E-reading eoncourages and guarantees economical and technological benefits. I understand he lost track of time, hopefully he will address this in the next round.E-books are more Eco-Friendly-I repeat my most important point of all: Printing books destroys a large number of trees, trees that, in our age of environmental gobal disaster, we must preserve as much as we can. This not only benefits us, but prevents the destruction of many animals' homes and source of food. Trees are very important for the world, and we are killing a lot of them for our personal needs. -Printing books contributes to deforestation, which is harmful for us.-About half of the world's tropical forests have been cleared -Forest loss contributes between 12 percent and 17 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions *After knowing the devastatingly harmful effects that come with deforestation, does con truly believe that killing trees and critically harming the environment which will eventually lead to harming mankind to make heavy books is better than saving trees and having each person being able to carry hundreds of books in one light-weight device? If so, explain yourself. http://www.livescience.com...http://forestry.about.com...; E-books are more convinient-Books are heavy and limited to themselves. E-readers are light and can carry hundreds of books.-Books are tearable. E-books are not.-While both are vulnerable to water, it is possible to modify E-readers to be water resistant, like they do to many electronic devices. -Books require light. E-books don't, in fact you can even adjust the brightness to your preference. -Books are much harder to copy and send. E-books are much easier to copy and send digitally.-Books take up more space-Books can weather and get dirty. I doubt you'll ever find a moldy E-book.-It is more inconvenient and expensive to by books.More Human Capital for the Economy-Because E-books are very easily accessible, it promotes and encourages people to read more, thus increasing and improving the average quality of knowledge and intelligence of society. This provides the economy with more human capital, which are the skills and knowledge possessed by an individual or a population. More human capital increases economic efficiency.Availability of Wood-If this policy is enforced, there would be more availability of wood for the production of other goods. This does not mean it cancels out the amount of trees saved by enforcing the policy. Tax Reduction-Many books are shipped overseas. As mentioned by Con, millions of people buy books on Amazon.com and have them ship the books to their homes. If the E-reading policy is enforced, the cost of shipping will dramatically reduce due to no physical books being shipped. This means the government won't need to fund their postal services as much and reduce the funds, thus reducing tax.