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1.Think about how digitization has changed the book industry.

(a)  What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?

I am not a fan of reading, the last book I read was an inspirational story of the Brazilian football player “ Pele”. It was talking about his life and he began his football career. I read this book in printed version.

(b) What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?

I would say it will make us rely too much on our digital devices. I believe that when we read books through our digital devices, we might face alot of distractions, people will be calling, text notifications will appear, and notifications from apps to go and buy the latest fake AirPods from shopee.

(c) How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.

I believe people will be purchasing the books from their devices with just a few touches. Or, people would go to the library just to check the book, then they will purchase it online. In both cases, bookstores might go out of business, mainly because the upcoming generations will be relying on digital.

(d) Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Books will always stay relevant, but I do not think will remain relevant in printed versions. As I mentioned in my previous answer, the upcoming generation will rely more on digitalization, I think they will search for books on their electronic devices. Books remain the only place to get information that many scientists and professors worked on. Yes, we can find them in videos but that does not mean that we should neglect them completely

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(a) What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?
I prefer to read fantasy novels, soI read "DollarGut Dream Store" by Lee Miye and "Midnight Library" by Matt Haig.

(b) What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?
Digital book are more searchable and easier to find, but can be difficult to read for people who don't know much about the tech device. Furthermore, in my experience, the screen is more distracting for read than the actual paper.

(c) How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.
If the use of e-books increases, the number of visits to bookstores will significantly decrease, which may have an economic impact. In fact, since e-books are becoming more and more popular in Korea, people carry an iPad rather than carrying a printed book.

(d) Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
Despite advances in e-books, I think the future of printed books is better. Because, no matter how many people use e-books, printed books are more interesting and focused.

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1. What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?

I used to read many books during my free time. Sadly, not recently. I prefer to read the genre of history such as historical fantasy and historical stories. Also, I like stories based on the cases happened in the real world like politics, wars, and people. I really do not like to read in digital version unless it is a cartoon. Texts in digital screen makes my eyes tired and I cannot focus better than the printed version.

2. What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?

When I read from the screen not the paper, it's hard for me to follow up the lines, the bright lights coming from the screen is distracting, and most importantly, it does not have the FEELING that I am actually reading so I often read less from the screen compared to the paper book.

3. How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.

Certainly, the number of physical bookstores is decreasing worldwide especially small local bookstores. It may illustrate that the consumers' preference to buy books is less demanding these days. There are so many entertainments other than books that can attract people such as media like music, movie, YouTube, Instagram, etc. In Korea, it is hard to find the bookstores that were existing in one corner of the streets. However, there were loads of marketing of alternative paper books like audiobook or E-book, and the users of the contents are increasing. As physical bookstores are locationally limited, it can be the possible reason of a decrease in number of the stores.

4.Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Even though there is a fall in uses of paper books, I still believe that the physical books will never be gone. First of all, the books are easy to memo and highlight as long as we have a book and stationeries with us whereas E-books require certain devices such as computers, smartphones, or tablet computers that not everyone has it. Secondly, it is one of the human activities to learn from the paper books. We have learned and moved the knowledge and history from the paper notes and books since the paper was invented. We are used to it.

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a. What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?
I used to read lots of fantasy books, for example: the Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer. Now, I gravitate towards romance-themed books, specifically Colleen Hoover's books. My most recent read was Verity by Colleen Hoover. I usually read them in print versions because I prefer the feel of a physical book, however, I sometimes read the digital versions because it's more convenient.

b. What challenges does digitisation pose to book-reading habits?
Some people might stop reading as much due to their favourite books not being printed due to digitisation, which could lead to them completely cutting off reading.

c. How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.
95 bookstores have closed down in Malaysia since 2018 due to Covid-19 as the main contributing factor, but as well as the less demand on physical printed books, as people are either using digitised textbooks/story books or photocopying books. It is safe to say that physical bookstores in Malaysia are heavily impacted due to everyone's goal to cutting costs, because books are quite costly.

d. Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
Books will stay relevant but in digital form. This is because digital books are just more eco-friendly, convenient because it's light and cheaper.

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What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?

I usually read fantasy books such as the Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan series and Divergent by Veronica Roth. I read print version of them.

What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?

I think that digitization of books leads to people becoming too dependent on their electronic devices which leads to eye strain from staring at a screen for too long.

How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.

Currently, the impact is still not as strong against physical bookstores as many people still prefer to read physical books because it does not cause eye strain and having the actual book in hand allows them to have it permanently which is it not possible with e-books as the e-reader may be damaged and all the information on the book might get lost.

Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Books will continue to be relevant because there are no negative effects and they have been around for too long to take them out of habit. For older people, books will still be preferred since it will not strain their eyes as much.

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(a) What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?

I usually read books that can give me inspiration.One of the book I read recently is " I used to have a plan" by Alessandra Olanow. I read it in the digital version.

(b) What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?

Digital books may affect human's eyesight problem which is mainly caused by small screen size with a strong light.

(c) How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.

When people started to use digital books, the sales of physical books may decrease. Not only the bookstores, the author(writer) 's income will decrease as well since the people can share the digital book free in the form of pdf with their family or friends. In this situation, bookstores will collapsed due to lack of support.

(d) Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Books will continue to be relevant but in a very small amount. Although ebooks had replaced books in a certain way, minority of the society will still be choosing books based on their reading habits.

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(a)  What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?
I enjoy reading books based on true events. I have recently read "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. It is a non-fiction/novel based on personal events when climbing Mount Everest. Majority of the books I read are print versions.

(b) What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?
They take a large hit on your eyes, as you are staring at a screen for long periods of times. Additionally, I often do get headaches when reading digitally.

(c) How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.
It will definitely largely impact physical bookstores. The number of bookstores may decrease, due to a rise in digital books being bought. Especially in Malaysia, as there is an increasing number of people who prefer to read digitally.

(d) Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
I believe books will still be relevant. Because although there is a number of people transferring to digital books, there is still a large number of people who prefer physical books.

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What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?
I often enjoy reading fictional and graphic novels however I am currently reading "No longer human" by Osamu Dazai which is sort of an autobiography. I am also reading manga which is a graphic novel. I read No longer human in print version however I read manga in a digital version.

What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?
The biggest challenges I would say digitization has brought would be eye damage and overall distractions. Long hours of just reading on a screen can bring a lot of health issues. Not to mention distractions depending the task you are doing. Where you might the urge to click something else.

How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.
In the UK, customers in the book stores are becoming more and more scarce. Due to everyone finding their books online. No one will see the reason to get their favorite books in printed form. Even stores like WHSmith are facing closure due to the decline of customers.

Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
I do not think books will be relevant in the future.  No matter how many people prefer printed versions, it will not be enough to keep the stores open. I believe that most people will realize that they do not need to buy over 20 of their favorite books when they can get the double that amount just on one device.

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(a)  What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?

I like reading crime and self-help books. Example for crime book is “Prey” by Michael Crichton and as for self-help “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert greene.

(b) What challenges does digitization pose to book-reading habits?

After digitization of books, i feel the biggest disadvantage for readers is how harmful it can be to our eyes. Also, with the much larger volume of digital information, finding the right material for a specific task becomes increasingly difficult.

(c) How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.

I feel since the disadvantages of using too much technology is out there, and people are aware of it. Hence the sales for physical books to this day have not been impacted just yet

(d) Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Yes, despite digitalization occurring, there is still an ample amount of people who would still opt for physical books. I would say it’ll be an equal amount of mixture between the crowd that prefers online and a crowd that prefers physical.

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(a)  What books do you read? Give 1-2 examples. Do you read them in print versions/digital versions?

I read young adult, romance fiction books. Two examples are ‘The fine print’ by Lauren asher and ‘The court of silver flames’ by Sarah J maas. I prefer reading them in print.

(b) What challenges does digitisation pose to book-reading habits?

After the digitisation of books, people have become more lethargic as it is easier and quicker to find books online. Digital books are not eye-friendly, which gives rise to multiple health issues.

(c) How is this going to impact physical bookstores? Think about the situation in Malaysia, or in your home country.

Printed books are still in demand to this day even tho digitisation has started taking over print media. Hence bookstores have not had any significant impact because of digitisation.

(d) Will books continue to be relevant in the future? Why? Explain in 2-3 sentences.

Whether printed books would stay relevant in the future is up to the people who read them. It depends on whether people in the future would be more inclined to read digital books than printed books or vice versa.