the kindle is better than books

alright, please accept this debate. This should be fun with a small word count

Argument: The kindle is better than books because The kindle is strong and light, as well as portable. Not to mention the kindle can keep hundreds of books in a small device. Plus the books you can buy are a lot cheaper than hard copies.

Small wordcount, so i will proceed to refute my opponents arguments.
1. Strong and light- My opponent didn't elaborate on what "strong" meant, don't weigh this in a round, as for the lightness of it, no source is given to prove it is lighter than all books.
2. Portability- Bad argument for 2 reasons A) Books are portable, my opponent never stresses portability through only the kindle and B) (Cross apply with argument three of keeping hundreds of books on device) If it's lost, it's goodbye to quote "hundred of books".
3. Hundreds of books on small device- Sharing- Ebooks cannot be shared due to DRM (Digital Rights Management) and B)
4. "Cheaper than Hard Copies"- No source, what about paperbacks + add in the cost of the kindle.
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I will provide my rebuttals in order of my opponents arguments.
1. For strong, a book can bend and pages may fall out. I have read a library book like this and it was infuriating. I am sorry for my obfuscating on light but compare a Harry potter book to a kindle. I will tell you the kindle is a lot lighter.
2.For portability, you can keep 1500 books on one device[1], compared to one traditional book. If you want to cart around 1500 books at a time, Have fun.
please clarify on 3 and 4
Supposing you are on a long car trip and you brought a book and you finish it. You now have to suffer for the rest of the car trip. With a kindle you can read multiple books and only bring one device/book

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...

1. Drop a kindle on the floor, it breaks. Drop a book on the floor, it's fine.
2. 1500 books, cross apply arguments 2 and 3 please. I doubt a vacation LOGICALLY requires 1500 books. I doubt it requires even 1 full book (judges think logically please)
3. Extend, my opponent doesn't understand, DRM does not allow software to be transferred or copied in any way, (check the source in comments) Thus, you cannot share an ebook on a kindle WITHOUT the other person buying it. You can however lend a book to a friend and borrow as many books as you want from a local library.
4. Once again, extend my paperbacks argument,kindle cost argument, and my "NO SOURCE" argument clearly showing my opponent doesn't prove the cost.

My sources are in comments.

thank you
1. Have you ever dropped a kindle from waist or shoulder height. It is fine. However, with a book you will bend pages, tear pages, tear cover, whatever. Not so fine.
2. Unless you are one of the slowest readers on earth, you should easily be able to finish two or three books on a vacation, if not more. Have you ever drove to Florida from Minnesota? TWO AND A HALF DAYS THERE AND TWO AND A HALF DAYS BACK! you will need way more than one book on that vacation. Plus, you can buy books while you are driving. Can you do that with a book? NO!
3. thank you for clarification and I will concede on that point.
4. Books wear out. Kindle doesn't unless you throw it around. If you did that with a book, it would probably die in the first day.

My opponent sites wikipedia, this in itself was a bad idea, not a credible source. Next, PLEASE CHECK THE COMMENTS SECTION, My opponent has allowed me to put my sources there.
1. Extend, no source showing kindle doesn't break and books do.
2. One of the slowest readers on earth? I apologize if logically i cannot read a book for A) 10 hour straight and B) if it is over 1000 pages, what kind of books are we talking about here? (Undefined by Pro)
3.Conceded- Extend IMMEDIATELY! Impact- Sharing, A) Saves Money B)Library Argument (Borrow and Lend)
4. Books wear out, but the kindle becomes utterly obsolete. Books exist from the early 1900's look at F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Then look at your kindle. Vote con for the 4 refutations