Perhaps students already intuitively understand the importance of print. Naomi Baron, a linguistics professor and researcher at American University, found that 92 percent of university students from within the United States, Slovakia, Japan, and Germany preferred paper books to e-books. Sure, e-books are cheaper, some of the students surveyed allowed, but they also mentioned loving the smell of a paper book and the sense of accomplishment they felt when they flipped the final page.
