Dana Shigambayeva Professor Sandra Jackson English 113B First Draft 22 September 2014 Ebooks Reading is good and though it is no longer common to find a bookstore in the neighborhood, the consumer experience is no longer constrained to hardcover books but rather one can read via e-readers in their hands especially when one is travelling. E-books have already made a mark in the publishing world. Many though still stick to their traditional papers. Every discussion about e-book vs. paper book all comes down to one thing: reader preference. The topic is important because with the advance of e-readers, phones and tablets, e-books have become a popular reading standard. With this trend there is still something and unique experience with the old paper books. Therefore is eBooks become more popular and in the process completely eroding the traditional paper book or the two will co-exist together? Sometimes different situations require different things; though eBook is more convenient there come times when paper book is ideal. For instance when one goes to a public swimming pool it becomes more convenient to carry along paper book and one can easily leave it and go about swimming but with tablets it become a different case with constant fear of being stolen, one can also left a book in a car. Paper book provide a better reading experience and emotional attachment with durability. EBook on the other hand is more convenient to use and one can easily play around with features like highlighting and taking note which is also quite a good experience. Technological advancement is making eBook is more preferred options and will replace paper book to a large extent but not completely. Works Cited Clyde, Laurel A. "Electronic Books." Teacher Librarian, 32.5 (2005): 45-47 Griffey, Jason. "Electronic Book Readers." Library Technology Reports, 46.3 (2010): 7. Liesaputra, V, and IH Witten. "Realistic Electronic Books." International Journal of Human- computer Studies, 70.9 (2012): 588-610. Ramaiah, Chennupati K. "Electronic Books: A Bibliography." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 32.2 (2012): . Sanzhar Maxyutov Professor Sandra Jackson English 113B Essay proposal 18 Septeber 2014 Bitcoins The volatile rise of bitcoin has prompted many stories explaining why the online currency is a thing to watch. Bitcoin has started to gain popularity in the global world. As such, people want to know more on how the system works and all the modalities involved. Bitcoin phenomenon is closely monitored by business people and country’s all round the world as it’s something essential on the current and future states of world economy (Grocer, Stephen; 2013). This prompted me to dig deep into what bitcoin actually is and all the elements involved. Bitcoin is a form of decentralized virtual currency (Daniel Forrester; Mark Solomon; 2013). Bitcoins are stored up in a “digital wallet” that exists in a user’s c.

1. Dana Shigambayeva
Professor Sandra Jackson
English 113B
First Draft
22 September 2014
Ebooks
Reading is good and though it is no longer common to find
a bookstore in the neighborhood, the consumer experience is no
longer constrained to hardcover books but rather one can read
via e-readers in their hands especially when one is travelling. E-
books have already made a mark in the publishing world. Many
though still stick to their traditional papers. Every discussion
about e-book vs. paper book all comes down to one thing:
reader preference. The topic is important because with the
advance of e-readers, phones and tablets, e-books have become
a popular reading standard. With this trend there is still
something and unique experience with the old paper books.
Therefore is eBooks become more popular and in the process
completely eroding the traditional paper book or the two will
co-exist together?
Sometimes different situations require different things;
though eBook is more convenient there come times when paper
book is ideal. For instance when one goes to a public swimming
pool it becomes more convenient to carry along paper book and
one can easily leave it and go about swimming but with tablets
it become a different case with constant fear of being stolen,
one can also left a book in a car.
Paper book provide a better reading experience and
emotional attachment with durability. EBook on the other hand
is more convenient to use and one can easily play around with
features like highlighting and taking note which is also quite a
good experience. Technological advancement is making eBook
is more preferred options and will replace paper book to a large
extent but not completely.

2. Works Cited
Clyde, Laurel A. "Electronic Books." Teacher Librarian, 32.5
(2005): 45-47
Griffey, Jason. "Electronic Book Readers." Library Technology
Reports, 46.3 (2010): 7.
Liesaputra, V, and IH Witten. "Realistic Electronic Books."
International Journal of Human- computer Studies, 70.9
(2012): 588-610.
Ramaiah, Chennupati K. "Electronic Books: A Bibliography."
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology,
32.2 (2012): .

3. Sanzhar Maxyutov
Professor Sandra Jackson
English 113B
Essay proposal
18 Septeber 2014
Bitcoins
The volatile rise of bitcoin has prompted many stories
explaining why the online currency is a thing to watch. Bitcoin
has started to gain popularity in the global world. As such,
people want to know more on how the system works and all the
modalities involved. Bitcoin phenomenon is closely monitored
by business people and country’s all round the world as it’s
something essential on the current and future states of world
economy (Grocer, Stephen; 2013). This prompted me to dig
deep into what bitcoin actually is and all the elements involved.
Bitcoin is a form of decentralized virtual currency (Daniel
Forrester; Mark Solomon; 2013). Bitcoins are stored up in a
“digital wallet” that exists in a user’s computer. The wallet is a
form of virtual bank account which allows users to either send
or receive bitcoins, save money or pay for goods (Daniel
Forrester; Mark Solomon; 2013). The users of bitcoin own a set
of public and private key which are analogous to any bank
account. When sending money to someone else, the users
usually create a transaction and sign it using their private key.
Each of the transaction claims is referenced to a previous
transaction which credited the user (David Gray; 2013). This
means that bitcoins cannot be created out of nothing and coins
cannot be spent twice.
Unlike the traditional currencies, bitcoins are managed and
issued without a central authority. This means that there is no
company, government or even bank in charge of the currency
(Ryan Lancelot; Jack Tata; 2013). It’s simply a currency of the
internet. This makes it more prone to corrupt banks or even wild

4. inflation which introduces my thesis question, how effective is
bitcoin as an online currency?
When using bitcoin to make payments, one transfer’s funds
from A to B without knowing who the recipient or the sender of
the funds is (Pierluigi Paganini; Richard Amores; 2013). The
system is unusual as even the government or banks cannot know
who is doing the transactions and do not regulate the way funds
are exchanged (Pierluigi Paganini; Richard Amores; 2013). It
simply means there is no regulation on how funds are
transferred. On the other hand, the security of the system is
advanced. Every ten minutes, all the transactions are put
together in a form of bitcoin block that acts as a ledger. Blocks
are hard to forge so by the transactions being part of the block,
they are safe to spend. The blocks linked together form a chain
block. The block chain records all transactions that took place
and act as a definite authority on how much money the users
have linked to their public keys. The particular block chain is
secured by cryptographic algorithms, thereby making it
impossible to even alter any transaction (David Gray; 2013).
References
Daniel Forrester; Mark Solomon; (2013) “Bitcoin explained:
today’s complete guide to tomorrows currency” Charleston,
South Carolina: Create Space.
David Gray; (2013) “Bitcoin: a dummies guide to virtual
currency” Newark, DE: Speedy Publishing.
Pierluigi Paganini; Richard Amores; (2013) “Digital virtual
currency and bitcoins: the dark webs financial market exchange

5. and secrets” West Warwick, RI: paganini/amores publishing.
Ryan Lancelot; Jack Tata; (2013) “What’s the deal with
bitcoins?” [Pennington, New York]: People Tested.
Grocer, Stephen; (2013). "Beware the Risks of the Bitcoin:
Winklevii Outline the Downside". Moneybeat (The Wall Street
Journal).