The most intriguing comment is buried down near the end:
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“We used to go to the beach and we’d both take out books, but he had an iPad, and it was almost distracting because it didn’t feel like he was reading with me.”
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To be honest I can sympathise with this a bit. We tend to gloss over the physical experience of reading books, which extends far further than 'the smell of paper'. The vast majority of books I read now are digital, simply because they're far more convenient, but it's certainly true that the physical presence of paper books added a dimension and individuality that's not found with ebooks. If you read an ebook while your partner reads a paperback, you are engaging in different experiences, a difference that is sometimes not that subtle.