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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5065796" data-attributes="member: 22424">Basically, an eBook reader is a very expensive way to get an experience that is almost as good as reading a real book.Firstly, there's the limitations of the format. If I find myself away on a trip and without easy access to power, my paper books work fine. After a short while, my eBook reader is a brick. If I want to lend my copy of the "Eberron Campaign Setting" to a friend, I can do so - with an eBook I can't do this without also lending him my eBook reader, with my entire library installed. I can't read an eBook on a flight during takeoff and landing, because it has to be switched off.Then there are problems caused by the simple expense of the item. If a book I'm reading gets wet, it will probably be fine. Even if it isn't, it's a few pounds to replace. If my eBook reader gets wet (especially if I'm reading at the beach, where it's salt water), it's much less likely to be okay. If not, it's a lot more to replace, plus the likely expense of having to replace some or all of my library as well. If I lose a book, or have it stolen, then its cheap to replace; my eBook reader is more likely to be stolen (being more expensive), and if lost or stolen is much more expensive to replace.Finally, the tactile experience is just not the same - and in my opinion not as enjoyable. I like the look, feel and even smell of paper books, none of which are replicated. I like being able to flick through the pages, or jump to roughly the section I want by eye, and then navigating to my position by using the page landmarks. And, yes, I'm yet to encounter a screen that I can read for hours without fatigue (although my experience of such things is essentially nil, so that may be an empty complaint).Basically, I see eBook readers as an inevitable piece of the future, but they're also a format change I intend to stave off as long as I reasonably can.</blockquote>

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