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This concerns more than books.
Talk with artists, collectors, framers, gallerists, curators: a frame/no frame/what frame, how wide a space between the work and the frame, how wide a space between the work and nearby works, which works nearby, the color of the wall behind, the lighting, all influence how the work is received and appreciated. Ginourmous works (contemporary art, 19th painters wanting to be visible among wall to wall paintings) need relatively narrower space than small works.
A book on a reader looks very much like a picture in a frame to me: I discovered early that white ereaders are not appropriate frames - better a dark one. And I like the reading matter to be separated from the frame by a wide enough space, to "breathe" as we say for artworks. A wider space gives more importance to the work too. Poetry for one is mostly defined by the way it occupies the space of the book page, but whatever the text, I prefer a well set and well presented book, with appropriate typography. This is the reason I prefer Kobos to Kindles, kepubs to epubs, a choice of light level/color I can adjust according to ambient light.
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