[MichelleR]

I got into a short discussion with someone over at HP on this topic. Short, because I realized the whole thing was futile. His stance was that people who use e-readers are not real readers or are in some way lesser.

I asked him how about all the writers who do love ebooks and are happy to publish in that format. He asked for names. I realized that he could argue any name I could give him as being a bad or inferior writer, and so what was the point?

It's not that these writers are any such thing, but that this poster made it clear he wasn't looking for a real discussion. If he could write off readers over a preferred format, he could certainly do the same thing with readers.

I often point out that if two people met up and discovered they'd read the same book, one in hardcover and one on a Kindle, would the latter person be hampered? Was there experience any less real, other than the fall-back argument about book-smelling-yummy?

There are a lot of people who are adamant that the format and the readers of said format are inferior, but they can't tell you why.