I am an avid ebook reader, but I still find a paper book enticing if it is something I particularly want and is on special, a rare 2nd hand find or something beautifully illustrated.
As for gifts, can you persuade family members to buy a fancy cover for your ebook reader or something similar? After the failure of Borders I am very wary about gift cards - I only escaped losing mine because of the warning I got via this site (and a very quick "buying spree" to spend it all before the crash!). As it was a very special gift and designed to keep me in books for a whole year you can imagine how upsetting it would have been to lose this!
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