With the growing demand of e-readers as a platform for buying textbooks, are you willing to adopt the new technology as a substitute for physical textbooks?
Kulvir Kang
Second Year, Political Science
“They’re expensive. I’d say as a student I wouldn’t really want it because I feel writing on physical paper is much easier to understand and organize than on a tablet.”
Christine MacDonald
First Year, Religious Studies
“It’s a scary thought to think about replacing textbooks because they’ve been here since the beginning of education.”
Jennifer MacDonald
Third Year, Visual Arts and Psychology
“I think it’s probably a good idea in terms of the environmental damage of textbooks, because most people don’t keep their textbooks after using them.”
Mandeep Singh
Third Year, Law and Society
“With e-readers you are looking at a screen, right? When you have a physical book just in front of you, with no laptop, and put your phone away, then you focus on that.”
Compiled by Pippin Lee
