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To those who can't feel why paper books are important - it must difficult to understand. The magic spell of books and reading them, was cast over me as a child. They were bright (Most children's books were and still are) and full of adventure. I felt a joy in having books around me. I'd sit in bed with one book open and have the others piled, comfortingly around me. This joy in books and reading has never left me, but books mean even more now. They are the key to my youth. As I read, I remember distinctly the way I felt as a child. I can even remember specific moments of my youth, when a story moved me or even when I first opened a new book. I feel lucky that the magic has not worn off. The child in me stays around to read more books (grin). That is why, of course I keep re-reading the books I read all those years ago.
There is, I must add, a kind of magic about ebooks too. The magic there is, maybe, a little less romantic but it is is magical. It seems to revolve around that pile of books on the bed, huddled close - waiting to be read or dipped into. When you are reading an ebook there is that comforting feeling of knowing that your (virtual) pile of books is limitless. So many of us now can hold in one hand more books than fill the shelves of our local libraries. Hope this helps you understand.
Bri
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