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I haven't read through the entire thread, but I agree with the original poster. Paper books are better for flipping through, or jumping around in (someone mentioned Bibles), or glancing back a few pages to remind yourself of something.
I say this as a total lover of ebooks. But mostly I read novels and short stories. I have a couple of Bibles on my reader, and for looking things up in, I have to say it's harder to do than using a paper book. The formatting is awkward and clunky, and these are modern editions. My reader unfortunately doesn't have a built-in dictionary--I wish it did--because looking a word up in a large dictionary using the search function is excruciating.
I'm sure this is changing rapidly, and by the time I'm ready to buy a new reader, I'll probably be pleasantly surprised. But in some ways, I think paper will always be better.
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