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?

[Saeglopur]

Well, still. There's bibliophiles around the world... people who love the physical copy of a book in their hands, the smell of books (am I the only one who flips through a book and smells the pages? No!). I love books, I surround myself in books! Hell, I have two memberships to two different libraries (because I'm a loser, who does that seriously?) and having an emptiness in my room because of lack of books is just upsetting. Though E-Book Readers are pretty cool, especially when I'm on a long car trip and I finished my two lone books I brought with me, I'd have more to read.