| In this high tech advanced world that we live in now, | | | | people. There arebooks about diseases and |
| itappears many may have forgotten books, or at | | | | conditions and even self helpbooksteaching you how |
| least losttouch with them for entertainment. We | | | | to lose weight, build self-esteem, recoverfrom loss |
| have television withmultitudes of channels and | | | | and many more topics. Virtually anything you canthink |
| devices that allow you to recordprograms and view | | | | of can be found in a book. |
| them whenever you want so you canbasically have | | | | Then we have the world of fiction. Fiction books are |
| an unlimited supply of entertainment to view. | | | | madeup, make-believe, tales, stories from the mind |
| In a generation where virtually every household has | | | | of thewriter. Some fiction books are pretty |
| acomputer with an internet connection, we can email, | | | | far-fetched. Somebooks are based on some fact. |
| visitchat rooms and more. There are chat rooms and | | | | Some are so close to thetruth with just a few details |
| websitesonevery topic you can think of. So where | | | | enhanced or exaggerated tomake it more interesting. |
| does that leave booksin our lives? | | | | With the rise of technology, book expenses have |
| What role do books play in your everyday life? Are | | | | risen also. |
| theydust-collectors on a library shelf? Do you pull | | | | Unfortunately, this only damages reading more. There |
| them downwhen you need to look for something or | | | | areseveral options for those wanting to have their |
| to find thedefinition of unfamiliar text? | | | | enjoymentof books. One format is electronic, or |
| Unfortunately, books may have become less popular | | | | e-books. E-books canbe purchased online and |
| overtheyears. We now have magazines and | | | | downloaded instantly like acomputerprogram. They |
| newspapers to read sosomepeople still get their daily | | | | can then be read right on the computerscreen. |
| reading. But many people don~tread much more than | | | | Another option is book trade-outs and used book |
| that or the TV Guide. | | | | stores. |
| Books come in many different forms. We have | | | | Evennational airports are becoming involved in book |
| paperbackandhardcover and we have fiction and | | | | trade-outs. |
| nonfiction. Some booksaremeant to be reference | | | | You can buy a book, read it on your flight, then |
| materials. Some books are meant totell a story. | | | | returnit at your destination airport and get part of |
| When a person writes the story of their ownlife it is | | | | your cashback. Someone else can then obtain that |
| called an autobiography. A book written | | | | "used" book for alower price and the book cycle |
| aboutsomeone else's life is a biography. | | | | goes on. |
| Books are written about famous places in the world- | | | | In this technological world, we still need to remember |
| and notso famous places in the world. There are | | | | thatnone of it would be possible without the printed |
| books aboutpresidents and governors and everyday | | | | word. |