> They don't have to be charged
My reader lasts weeks without recharging, that's enough for me not to matter.
> Notifications don't pop up when I'm reading.
I've never heard of notification pop-ups on an ebook reader. I hope you don't seriously compare reading on a normal tablet with paper books.
I agree that old-school books are definitely more flexible and customer-friendly when it comes to lending etc. But I prefer carrying a light, thin device instead of a whole bag of books on journeys.
I have a few reasons to prefer paper books:
- They don't have to be charged.
- First sale doctrine applies. No 50 page TOS explaining what I can or cannot do with my own books.
- I can lend my books to friends and family
- After reading a book, I can easily give it or sell it to someone else
- Notifications don't pop up when I'm reading.
But like Sendak, I think I mostly just have an innate aversion to ebooks. I just don't like them. To me, an ebook feels like one of those electric wine bottle openers: efficient, but charmless.