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I recall a conversation I had last year when I got my ereader, it went something like;
Them: What's that?
Me: Its an ereader.
Them: What does it do?
Me: It is an electronic book reader, you load ebooks and read them. Screen looks just like a normal book.
Them: Oh cool, how much did that cost?
Me: About $300.
Them: Can you do anything but read on it?
Me: Nope, purely for reading.
Them: Why would you spend $300 on something you can only read on, you could buy a book for $20.
Me: yep, and it would cost me $1000 for a bookcase to put it on!!
To me that is another great reason for an ereader, sure it costs money for the unit, but if you just bought paperbacks at some time in the future you'd need to buy a new bookcase (ereader works out cheaper and I'm not vain and feel the need to display my literacy collection to the world in the *hope* they think I am smart). Plus, I've run out of walls to put a bookcase against.
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