[Penforhire]

Yep, the crux of my debate (and internal conflict) is whether or not the e-book is truly equivalent to the p-book. Your example of a VHS tape is another good one. Similar to the SA-CD versus CD, I have to agree the DVD is not the same as the VHS tape. edit - though dubbing a VHS tape to DVD by video capture is fine, IMO.

But I'm not seeing how the e-book is different in quality of content than the p-book. It would be very cool (future?) if authors added editorial content linked to locations in the book, similar to Director's over-voice on video DVD's. At that point there would be no debate from me, the e-book was an improved product. But here we are directly comparing photographed and OCD'd copies of a p-book, with no added value.