<font color="yellow">hraccts - Lost Packet, Maybe you are still to ole world style, but I think I tend to agreed with you. I have a e-reader on my lap top, but it just doesn't seem to be the same as holding a REAL book in your hands. Also, when I find time to catch a few minutes of reading, I find it much more convinent to use a small paperback, then some electronic gizmo.</font><br /><br />I agree. I've certainly read books electronically. But, to me, a book is more than just a collection of words. There's a sort of nostalgia in turning the same dog-eared pages you've turned before. I re-read many books and I've sort of grown attached to some of them. IOW, they have gained in value merely by being a physical object I have associated a pleasurable experience with. (This is the origin of my side-comment in my above post.) Without that physical experience, I feel somewhat cheated. It's not a "whole" experience.<br /><br />There aren't many occasions at home where I am without a book. In lieu of a new one, I'll grab something, anything, sitting on my shelf. It's not quite the "Catcher in the Rye" syndrome from "Conspiracy Theory." But, it's close. <br /><br />A real gem of a book, nice binding, good tool-work on the leather, crisp gilded pages, a nice reinforced spine and a good story to boot can't be beat. As it stands, most of what I have is paperback. I read too many books to buy a hardback edition every time I go to the store. But, I do have a nice collection of well bound books. I think my favorite is a Classics of Science Fiction bookclub subscription set.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm rambling. The point is that I can certainly appreciate the electronic presentation of text. But, the physical presence of a real book adds too much to my enjoyment for me to easily go without it. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>