The "real" adjective is often applied to others who agree in some way with the speaker. We have a hyper Christian guy working where I live who's always referring to what a real Christian does or thinks or believes. Right after Katrina hit New Orleans he told us that they got what they deserved for flouting God by building below sea level. Every real Christian, according to him, refuses to listen to music by Michael Jackson because we all know he broke God's law. He says the same thing about any homosexual. When I mentioned the biblical injunction about passing judgement on people he insists that it's not judgement, it's opinion.
My family moved from Connecticut to Texas in 1945 when I was 5 and all my life I was told I was not a real Texan. I never really cared that much but when I got older and found myself working with younger programmers I began reminding them that I got here before they did. Sure enough I became a real Texan.
"Real" in this sense means something like "I'm a narrow minded SOB and if you disagree with me you're dead wrong and a fake!". During the inquisition that got a lot of people heated up.
I think the way the term "real readers" was used first in this thread meant heavy readers and wasn't about burning anyone at the stake. Although the discussion after that heated up to the point where I'm surprised no-one caught fire.
Ereaders are not dead. I personally own enough of them to disprove that notion, as I suspect do many of you. Reading on a phone is a perfectly good way to read if it's what you like to do. The same goes for tablets and even (shudder) paper books.
The proper way to read a book is the way you decide to read it. Any real reader knows this.
Barry