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If every book I owned was leather bound, on fine paper, made the true old fashioned way, I'd regret giving them up. But the way things currently are, no.
I love "real" books, don't get me wrong. But I cannot wait to get 90%+ of the paperbacks out of the house. When we got married, we merged two very large libraries and even years later, we still don't have enough room for them all. We're both re-readers, which means that in general books aren't something that neither are sold nor donated. They take up tremendous amounts of space and are impossible to keep organized or dusted. And they breed like rabbits, with dozens added every year. Having a Kindle is changing all of that, and ultimately I'm hoping that the only paper books left in the house are the hardcovers, limited editions, etc. that we truly love. There are still hundreds of those, we won't be deprived. LOL
It's far more comfortable to read the Kindle than a paper book. It's astonishing to think about how many books you can now store in so little space. It's an utterly amazing feeling to reach the end of a book, only to realize you can buy the sequel and start reading it (!) without leaving your bed at 2 AM. (Yes, this is a problem if you're supposed to be up in the morning....)
And as others have said, there are still plenty of paper books to buy; not everything is available in e-format, and not everything is suitable to read that way.
No regrets here.
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