[Shenandoah]

Ultimately, though, Rum, twenty-five ten dollar books equals the price of a single e-reader. Spend enough money to obtain 100 books in paperback totaling each at 10 dollars on an e-reader and downloads, depending on how you do it (like I did) I have (as I said) thousands of books for the same cost.

I understand some books are better as actual paper and ink. You don't have to explain that one to me at all. You can do things with an actual book that you can't do with an e-reader. I do recognize that. And sometimes it's more satisfying to turn the page than flick a finger.

I'm very old school. I've been reading since I was four (granted, not the big or intense books that I read now) and my favorite thing is a book. An e-reader will not completely eliminate books from the world, but you can get some books for free instead of paying five dollars or so for that Dracula novel you'd had your eyes on. Or that Little Women book. Peter Pan? Free on an e-reader if you know where to go.

There are advantages and disadvantages. If you only look at the disadvantages, you're missing out on a lot of the interesting things.