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You guys are missing the author's main point!
He likes the physicality of the books. With an ereader, it's always the same feel and weight in your hands. We also loose the cover's seduction (hey, for me, a good cover can add a lot to a book  ), the smell and texture of paper, the pleasure of holding something physical in your hands (without the worry that it's fragile and can break easily). |
Personally, I just refrained from commenting on that part of the article because its been said so many times before in articles like this and I thought his ideas about who should be targeted by ebook marketing were the only new thing in this article.
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(BTW, I'd rather take 5 books to a desert island than 500 in an ereader. The battery would be wasted after reading one or two ebooks, anyway. )
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Two words, solar charger.
