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Originally Posted by slayda
When a book is re-readable, I want a hard copy. It's harder to lose than an ebook copy which can be lost in many ways - system crash, my own hastyness & carelessness, etc. So for re-readable books I want a hard copy even if I never open it but read the ebook version. Also sometimes you want to have something you can hold in your hands so you KNOW you own it.
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I do the same thing; that way I don't have to worry about the DRM vendor going out of business (Gemstar), or my reader breaking and they don't make them anymore (soon to be Gemstar, once the supply of eb-1150s runs out), or the battery dies and nobody makes replacements anymore, or whatever.
Sometimes I also enjoy the physical artifact of a well made book. There is something to be said for a quality printing and binding job, even if they are getting harder to find it seems.