E-Book Readers, Can they really replace the real thing? Options

[superstitious]

A friend of mine and I were talking this morning about Sony's E-Reader and Amazon's Kindle. I was surprised that he wanted one. His loft style apartment is full of bookshelves, most of them completely full of books. He LOVES books. How could he want a reader?

See, I love reading but for me, it goes beyond the text. I love the smell of books. I like the sound of pages turning. I find the dog-ear folds charming.

I don't know why I'm having such a weird time with this.

Any other paper sentimentalists out there?

[Teesa]

^lol. i love checking out library books, but a lot of people hate it because they feel like they're not clean and stuff.

i like the feel of holding books and turning pages too. i also like bookmarking my pages with random things.

i sat next to someone who had an e-book reader thing and i dunno, i guess it's cool, but my eyes would get too tired from looking at a screen. maybe those are more portable and whatnot, but i would feel like my vision would be going faster if i spent a lot of time looking at those things.