@Potemkin When you have a book, people know you're reading a book. When you have a tablet, people think you are playing
Candy Crush.
A book is sophisticated, you cretin!
I prefer real books, for just feel, texture, and the whole dynamic. Staring at a screen isn't that appealing, either. I find it easier to read a real book, and not a Kindle or some such thing.
You also can't have a nice bookshelf full of books if you have a Kindle.
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson