I don't like e-books either, for all of the reasons mentioned above, plus a few idiosyncratic ones of my own. That being said, however, sometimes the portability is just the thing. On my recent Alaska trip, I took along an extra ~30 books on a flashdrive, to go with the netbook I was bringing anyway. Without that, I probably would have packed an extra half-dozen paperbacks, and my luggage was heavy enough as it was.