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Yes I do. Actually I only buy physical books.
I buy new books and also a lot of second hand books, I'm quite found of physical books.
I like the feel to hold a real book and go through it page after page, I also like to write notes in the margins sometimes. Looking back at the bookcases gives a good feel for the worn and aged books I have read that is different from looking at the faceless digital devices holding my digital library, which also is quite good but not the same.
I think that without physical books, something would be missing in the home, how do you pure digital readers feel about that? Do you miss the physicals sometimes?
I must admit though that some books end up only being bought to satisfy my greedy collecting/archive/hoarding needs.
Last book I bought new was two weeks ago.
Digital books often have DRM, I'm not funding that unless I really have to, which have not occurred yet.
Sometimes I buy the physical but end up reading it digitally for different reasons.
Sometimes I read it digitally and buy the physical afterwards if it was good.
Physical books do have a value digital don't have: resell value on the second hand and collectors market.
And you can borrow them out or give them away if you wish.
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