Everyone seems to be laboring under this bizarre assumption that once you possess an ebook reader, you throw every piece of paper you own into a fire. I suppose I can understand this from people who don't own a reader, but it's surprising to see people who do own one coming across like this.

For me, it's a fantastic way to easily transport the Wheel of Time to and from college without spending $25 on shipping each way. When I was up there, I read them on my Sony. When I got back, I pulled out my hard cover of Lord of Chaos.

Just because ebooks are different from regular books doesn't make them completely worthless. And a regular book isn't made obsolete by an ebook.

This "debate" makes me think of an argument between two people, one who prefers newspapers to the internet and so won't go online for a single scrap of news even if it's 4 in the morning, and the other who loves the internet and refuses to buy a newspaper even if it's more immediately accessible to him. It is possible to adapt to a new technology and continue using prior technologies. The vast majority of technological advances have occurred in this fashion.

Jeeze.

EDIT: I don't think "obsolete" is a verb.