My old mum loves my ebook readers. She likes the fact you can change the font size and the fact that I upload books for her to sample. Mums are never wrong. However, she does also love to browse around the library and read the 'dead wood' kind - hereforthwith designated as 'woodies'. Once libraries start to introduce the idea of ebooks and ebook technology and make them freely available I firmly believe they will become more mainstream and socially acceptable - copyright concerns not withstanding.
Tommy