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Originally Posted by Barty
You can't exactly lovingly flip through your iTunes collection the way you do a box of old records.
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Not in the same way, that's right, but certainly with the same feeling.
I agree the covers are missing, which is sad, but aside from that there isn't much difference.
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How exactly do you pass down a beloved book with your ereader? Son, today you're a man. Here's a copy of the book your grandfather gave me. Click here to download. Not quite the same, is it?
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It can be somewhat better. Instead of a fragile bunch of old paper pages that you have to handle with care, you get a new copy that you can use and abuse at will.
I would hope the important part of the book was the content, not the medium?
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OT: I don't really have a preference, I enjoy both - but during travel(i.e. going to and from work) the eBook wins hands down.
I agree that SOME paper books smell VERY good. I don't know why or what it is exactly. I'm certain it's not nostalgia, I just like the smell. Not all, though, just some english books (that is, imported).