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Book falls on the ground, npothing happens. Electronic device falls on the ground: possibly broken.
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Properly made electronic consumer devices generally have a few falls in them. If I drop the book onto a puddle, it is definitely ruined to some extent because it'll be at least SOMEWHAT absorbent. If I drop the electronic device, I might actually be able to wipe it off.
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Paper is flexible. LCD displays are not.
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Maybe a cheap paperback. What about the hardcopy version - the paper inside might be flexible but the book as a whole is not. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, sometimes you don't want that flexibility.
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Sand. Water. Shock. High temperature and sunburn.
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I don't think books are that survivable against the first two. To answer your point below - I won't be taking either close to the beach or anywhere that's not at least paved.
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Limited diversity of titles available. English language.
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Surely, a temporary problem.
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Lack of tactile feeling and satisfaction a real book can give you. Books even may smell of age and memories after some years.
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And they might have termites or some kind of ant in them too with age...
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Zero interest over here. Absolutely nil. Rien. Nada. I have a huge library of real books. I like it, I love it, I do not want to miss it.
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Consider that your huge library might actually fit onto one E-book, thus leaving that space free for new items, and you might be happier to tolerate it all.