I've seen quite a lot of backlash from bibliophiles against e-readers... and while I can understand their fear of real books losing out, I think anything that gets people to actually read is a GOOD thing. I don't have an e-reader myself but my dad has one that we all got him for Christmas a few years ago that he uses nearly every day.

A lot of it's just snobbery, anyway - I see a lot of the same attitude from audiophiles about mp3 players. Sure, vinyl on a proper stereo system sounds a million times better than earbuds and an ipod, but there's something to be said for being able to tote around a couple WEEKS' worth of music on something smaller than a deck of cards. And paper books are lovely and charming and don't need to be re-charged and I love them forever, but there's no way you're going to fit a library of them in a backpack unless you want to be paying the chiropractor later...