I love e-books.  I adore them.  I think it’s the best thing for my back since…well since anything really!

I’m the guy who grew up and could never go anywhere without a gym bag or backpack full of books.  My parents took us to disneyworld in our teens and I had a suitcase earmarks just for books.   My commute to school would constitute 15 to 20 minutes prepartion choosing which dozen to take for the day.

My Palm Tungsten E was a revelation.  I’ve since moved from there to a Palm TX and finally my iPhone.  My last 40-50 books I’ve read have been e-books (the Kindle app for iPhone is my current favorite).  I love having a substantial library with me at all times.

That being said, I have thousands of physical books and I still purchase physical books (to the despair of my loving, supportive and long suffering wife) and let me tell you why I think they should stick around.

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