The Problems of Paper

Paper:

• requires physical delivery
  
• requires photocopying if mass access is the goal
  
• occupies more physical space than digital documents
  
• takes more time to revise and incorporate with other documents
  
• can't display moving images or sounds

Harper, Richard H.R, and Abigail J. Sellen. The Myth of the Paperless Office. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2002.