Book prints are here to stay

I just bought my first copy of Harry Porter after updating my DVD collection with all five movie adaption of the popular fantasy fiction. Earlier, I had tried to read the e-book version of Half-Blood Prince because I can't wait for the movie at the theatres. It is really an intriguing and inspiring story of the trials and triumphs of nobodies against seemingly powerful adversaries and odds. 

But my point is not about Harry Porter. What I was amazed with is the experience of holding and reading from the hard copy of the book compared with the digital form. The experience was totally lopsided. With the printed version, I could not stop but turn the pages as quickly as I could whereas I did not even manage to get past the first page on my large LCD monitor! The physical experience of holding and reading from a paper-bound print utterly outclass the iPaper analogous to watching a Premier League team against a non-league outfit. The feel, the touch, the colour and the texture of the hard cover were totally irreplaceable by what I saw on the screen.

This personal experience makes me conclude that unless there is a world-threatening and irreversible ecological disaster, printed books are here to stay compared to their digital counterparts.