Quote Originally Posted by Partial
I guess I don't "get" the whole ebook thing. Not only are eBooks more expensive than their paper-based counterpart (you can find most books for about 5 bucks shipped used on eBay), but now you are paying for an expensive device to read them on.

I would love to hear why one would opt to go this route because I simply do not get it, and I'm sure I'm missing some element of the equation.
Its probably for people who read way too much...
But that being said i think that right now their not practical, but pretty soon the devices will become cheaper and instead of carrying three or four books, you can cut down on space and just take the device