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One of the biggest things to take away here is that, with the significant change in dynamic between available ebooks and consumer tools, comes a need for new and better ways to manage it all, through searching, purchasing (or obtaining), storing, filing, referencing, and just plain enjoying. In other words, everything's different.
Going from "familiar" to "different" usually creates some amount of stress, creating emotions ranging from excitement to dread... and in the case of ebooks, most of their aspects are changing, so there are few areas to fall back on as a "familiar" comfort while everything else changes. Many of the biggest sources of contention among ebook consumers and creators can be said to reflect a desire to keep one element or another "the way it was," creating that "familiar" aspect to provide an anchor as everything else changes around it. The fact that we don't all agree on that anchor--be it prices, formats, access, rights, tools, etc--is what causes much of the contention.
The best way to deal with it, in most cases, is taking things a step at a time as far as you can... but when everything is changing, you often have to take multiple new steps at once... it's like a waltz dancer learning the electric slide, or all the steps to a Michael Jackson video... and it can take some time before you figure out the steps, and the rhythm, and the changes, and finally jump in and take a few practice steps until you get it.
And until you get the steps down, you're too busy concentrating on the effort involved to actually enjoy the dance.
Sooner or later, we'll all have the right tools, know where to get books, know how to store and retrieve them on demand, etc, etc. Some of us already have all the tools and methods we need (lucky you!), and some of us are still waiting and working on the tools and methods that will function as desired for us (hand raised). Eventually it'll be second-nature to everyone.
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