I had a feeling that the author had maybe held an ereader in his hand once and done so at least 10 years ago. He seemed to know nothing about modern ereaders (small, dim, gray screens
). He made a couple of good points, but most of the article was just his own personal dislike for ebooks and the justifications he tried to make. With a lot of completely irrelevant information (history of paper books) thrown in, probably to show off his erudition. It seemed he didn't so much try to convince the reader, but himself, that his hatred for ebooks was rational and not pure emotion. See how good and logical reasons I have for my dislike!
Bah. He said nothing new in his article. The same old snobbery about a noble and unique experience of paper books. I've never understood this sentimental attachment to paper, and I avidly consumed them the first 40 years of my life.