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Originally Posted by Format C:
When it comes to book vs ebooks, the thing is completely different: they don't give comparable experiences to the users.
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Yes they do.
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The only stimulus they can give in common is the visual one.
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You know what's funny? That's the one people care about most. And, for the majority of readers at least, the only one they care about. Books printed on paper are superior in terms of quality of display: not only for black and white text, where the gap is rapidly narrowing with dedicated devices, but also for color photos etc. But that's a technical hurdle. The day will come when these devices will be as good if not better than printed paper. In many cases they're good enough already for many purposes.
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A paper book cannot be replaced by an epub file when it comes to the senses of touch, smell and hearing.
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Hearing? Let's be serious here. Smell can be nice, but I don't read to derive any olfactory pleasure from it.
Many of your arguments could be made in favor of traditional photography and yet it's already been relegated to the art shops of this world.
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So, while people more sensible to visual stimuli like I am can easily switch from paper to devices, the ones who rather lean on other senses cannot and won't.
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There'll always people developing their own black & white photos, but they have become an insignificant minority.