People use ebooks because they are there. They think they are convenient. But...
Not all books are available as e-books.
Books look nice on shelves and on coffee tables.
Books are great to give as presents.
Ebooks encourage skim reading rather than concentration.
Readers have to be recharged - a book never.
Readers can be easily damaged if dropped or thrown against a wall- a book not so.
Picture books will lose their magic. Reading an ebook to a child at bedtime is tantamount to child abuse.
As with computer glitches so there can be glitches with your reader just when you are about to get to a really good bit.
After a day of staring at a screen I do not want to stare at another screen in order to read a book
Hardware and software changes quickly so you have to buy a new reader.
From a sensual experience - the feel of paper, the sound of turning pages, the care and love taken in placing your bookmark at where you are up to ebooks turn reading into a cold, mechanical, robotic experience.
So true!!!
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