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"Because we literally and physiologically can read in multiple ways, how we read — and what we absorb from our reading — will be influenced by both the content of our reading and the medium we use."

—Maryanne Wolf

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It takes trees to make the paper books. Some people may think that printing books is wasteful, however, for every tree that is cut down, another tree takes its place. Paper does not destroy forests. In fact, the USDA Forest Service plants four million trees every day. From this amount, the wood and paper industry plant 1.7 million trees daily. If we want bigger forests, we should use more paper because suppliers are planting more trees. As for the environment, the planting of new trees helps combat global warming. For a ton of wood that is produced in a forest, 1.47 tons of carbon dioxide is replaced by 1.07 tons of oxygen. As technology advances, the carbon footprint it leaves increases too. Technology, mobile phones, computers, and data centers are among the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Going paperless comes with a cost.
http://www.paperbecause.com/paper-is-sustainable/paper-truth-or-fiction

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Print text is better because it allows a student to have better engagement and understanding of the material that a teacher is conveying.

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eBooks
1. Don't kill trees
2. Don't waste fuel to be transported to their designated area
3. Eliminate materials needed to package them
4. Reduces energy, money, and pollution required to get rid of books
http://epublishersweekly.blogspot.com/2009/09/ebooks-save-millions-of-trees-10-ideas.html

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USA Today shared a 2013 study showing students retaining less of the information on a digital screen than a paper text. The study shows how the "flash gimmicks" on an ebook prove more distracting than helpful. Writing and marking the texts on paper provides a deeper understanding of what is being read.

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The UK and the National Literacy Trust conducted an experiment in 2013 where 52% of people preferred to read online as opposed to the 32% who like print text. Data eventually showed that people who read on digital screens were twice LESS likely to read above average.

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People engage better with physical articles and are more likely to remember what they read on a paper rather than what they read on screen. In a 2003 study of Kate Garland of the University of Leicester and her colleagues asked 50 British college students to read study material from an introductory economics course either on a computer monitor or in a spiral-bound booklet. They both scored equally once asked questions about the material, but they both remembered the information differently. Garland and her colleagues think that students who read on paper learned the study material more thoroughly rather than those who read on a computer monitor.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/