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I take public transit and live in an area notorious for its frequent inclement weather.
Having an e-reader and a ziplock baggie means that I can read in the rain while waiting for the bus* and carry an entire bookshelf's worth of reading with me to switch between when I get bored or finish something early without having to lug around a few extra paperbacks so that I don't end up staring out the window during lengthy transit commutes.
That said, the vast majority of my paid purchases and library loans are still paper, because both paper and e-editions have their own niches for how they represent books best†.
* Okay, technically I could have done this with a paper book if I had absolutely no regard for its ensuing condition.
† And I'm kind of cheap in certain ways and will only really bother to shell out for expensive deluxe collector's editions & academic/artsy reference and my very favouritest authors when I actually go and spend my own money on books.
Otherwise the library is good enough and I don't need to own all that other stuff like fiction bestsellers and pop-culture non-fic in either format.
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