Based on my personal experience, i tend to agree with the conclusions of this study.
Also, ALL the prolific readers i know do not have ereaders, and they do have thousands of books and they are quite proud of it, actually. They call it their "personal library".
Some even have dedicated areas in their houses for them. Paper books are indeed a very special object for some (including me). I read ebooks and paper books almost in equal amount, for various reasons (availability, better visual arrangement and typesetting in the paper books, etc). The advantages of ereaders exist and are quite impressive, but books are stilol great objects and very well adapted to their function.
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