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I think therre is still room for both e and p. It's a little like comparing MP3 listening to CD listening. I think Charleski did make a valid comment. Learning to enjoy reading with an ereader is a lot different from using a conventional paperback/hardback. In addition, I don't know how an ereader entices children to read. My children look at the cover, see the thickness, even at times look at the font and size of font...and all of these factors subtly influence the decision whether to begin reading the book.
We are still at such an early stage in ereaders. At the moment, the emphasis is on being able to deliver the text in a convenient way and using a tool which is only now getting to grips with e-ink and decent ergonomics.
E Readers will come into their own when they can show colour, are fully multimedia, with links to web sources for different parts of the story, for the background context, for info on the author, etc. When children can turn pages to quickly "peek" at what is coming next, flick to the end, or to see the cover notes, or to quickly jump back a hundred pages or so (we can "see" roughly where we want to go) to remind himself/herself about a part of the story, etc....until that time, I would say there is still room for both experiences....but like Charleski, and with all respect to Ken Maltby, I believe they are two different things, and just being presented with raw blocks of text does not enable me to immerse myself, or get lost "in the world the author has created".
Jim
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