Quote Originally Posted by bambu101 View Post
Avid reader here, and former bookstore manager.

Not interested in electronic readers in the least bit. I like the feel of a book, turning the pages, looking at the cover, and lining them up on my bookshelf. After working on a computer screen all day, the last thing I want to do is look at a Kindle. No thanks!
There's no law that says if you have an e-reader, you can't read a paper book.
I have a Kindle. And since I've purchased the Kindle, I have still purchased paper books and borrowed paper books and sat for hours with my nose in a paper book and still have several paper books on my bookshelves that I intend to read....one of these days.
And I still subscribe to paper magazines. And I still read the newspaper on the subway in the morning.
The Kindle is an alternative. It's useful for what it does and I don't regret getting it or choosing the books for it that I have.
But just as my bike will not - and cannot - completely replace my truck, my Kindle will not completely replace a paper book for me.