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Originally Posted by MsAstoria
I agree with the general consensus here, E-readers are not the same as books. Books often have pictures which aren't in e-books and have a certain "sensual" value to them. They can also increase in value which e-books don't. You can't get the visual satisfaction from a e-book like from a "real" book, for example, an atlas with maps or reference materials with drawings.
On the other hand, you can't beat the convenience and portability of an e-reader! Mine goes everywhere with me and it's so cool to be able to download today's news stories or pick up where I left off last night in my thriller book, any time, anywhere.
So my vote is that both can co-exist and compliment each other quite nicely in my world.
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MsAstoria you have summed up very nicely the main argument of why eBooks and pBooks can and should coexist. Most, if not all the books on my shelves now are non-fiction and reference books. I am slowly getting rid of the old classics in paper whenever I find a eBook version.
Ebook readers also have some way to go before they can replace pBooks in convenience such as the possibility for word searches and proper display of diagrams and pictures.
So I'll be using my eBook reader for reading and rereading the classics in French and English but I'll have to hang on to my library of Chinese and Japanese pBooks, not to mention all the non-fiction.