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Yes and No.
I like my eBook reader for novels, poems, and other leisure reading. Maybe even newspapers. (haven't tried it yet)
But I also agree that right now, they are the wrong tool for research. They have a long way to go. Heck, even PDFs are not as easy to flip back & forth as printed books. Not even close.
I think the bigger issue is that although there are hundreds of thousands of books available in electronic format, a lot of what is needed for complete research is only available on paper.
I would need to experiment more with the bookmark feature on my Kindle 2 to really make an informed decision.
But for novels, an eBook reader is hard to beat. Compared to a printed book, they are delicate, but also compact.
I think we're all on the same page here. The original poster took it as a wide generalization, while LDBoblo didn't seem to mean it that way.
I also admit, though I love my K2, there are some novels I just like so much I HAVE to have the hardcover version. Sentimental value and all that. Some day, I'm going to hand it to my kid, and tell him/her: "This is what books used to be like." Just like today's youth thinks of cassettes, 8-tracks, and records as old-fashioned, printed books will be old-fashioned to them. Ditto with combustion engines. I still like the romance of printed books. I'm sure that has been said a million times here, sorry.
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