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There are two problems with e-books as I see it. First, they need far more content available on a standardized, scalable format so any e-reader can display it and anyone can get what they want to read. Second, e-readers need to come down in price.
Paper media is inexpensive, remarkably durable, and I need no special software, hardware, or license key to read. A paper book is always ready to be read regardless of size, format, or age. Even hundred year-old books pulled from the bottom of a stack in storage are instant-on and ready to go. Until the e-book industry can better compete with that, it will have a tough time garnering much of a share of the industry. PCs and e-books do much better with dynamic content such as the internet than static content such as a novel.
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