Ebook readers

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Book falls on the ground, npothing happens. Electronic device falls on the ground: possibly broken.

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.

Paper is flexible. LCD displays are not.

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.

Sand. Water. Shock. High temperature and sunburn.

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.

Limited diversity of titles available. English language.

Surely, a temporary problem.

Lack of tactile feeling and satisfaction a real book can give you. Books even may smell of age and memories after some years.

And they might have termites or some kind of ant in them too with age...

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.

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.