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More Than 90 Percent Of College Students Prefer Reading Paper Books Over E-Books By  Katherine Derla , Tech Times | February 5, 7:30 AM Like Follow Share Tweet Reddit SUBSCRIBE A four-year survey found that 92 percent of university student still choose reading on paper instead of screen. E-books are definitely much cheaper, which is the main reason why most students get the digital copies instead of the traditional paper versions. (Photo : Francisco Osorio | Flickr) Researchers asked more than 420 university students from the U.S., Slovakia, Japan and Germany in 2010 and 2013. They found that 92 percent preferred paper books instead of e-books. The survey was part of the book research from American University's linguistics professor Naomi Baron who penned  Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. In 2010, the team found that 92 percent of college students in the U.S. favored the paper book version over the e-book version. About 95 percen...