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I hated reading until I got my Kindle. Even though I haven't used it in a month (been busy with other things) I still think it's the best thing I got this year (it was a gift).

The only thing I'll use real books for are school, and even then I don't really use them.

Most of my paper books are for reference, lots of pictures. I have a Kindle app for an iPod Touch synched to my desktop. I had been waffling between a Kindle and a BN Nook Color, I went with the Nook - a good deal came along, plus I can root it and still keep the Nook functionality.
Anyway, I read more now than I did in the past on the e-book readers. I have some audio books as well.

Agree with what was previously mentioned:

Paper for reference/work
Kindle for entertainment/audio books.
I have several tablets and with the exception of magazines, I use the kindle special offers for reading. Lighter, easier on my eyes, and better battery life.

I've got a nice book collection, and also a Nook Wifi. I love the Nook, and I've read more on there than on paper since I got it almost a year ago. Easy to use, clear text, and I can stick files on there that I used to read on the PC (ugh).

Still...there's something really nice about holding a book and turning the pages. I don't think there'll ever be a time when I stop buying real books.

I still use paper books. Nothing against e-readers, I just have quite a few paper books that I don't see the use in throwing away so I can buy a Nook or Kindle or something else just to read those same books. Plus, I'm a bit of a klutz, so if I drop a book onto concrete, the consequences won't be as severe as if I dropped an e-reader and had its screen cracked. I think they're cool and a great step towards the future, they're just not captainsuperdawg friendly.

@hobbitss, captainsuperdawg and many others So understand how you feel. That's exactly the way I felt - Love to curl up in a chair and read a book. Turn the pages, stop & reflect. Always had a pencil & paper handy to make notes; a dictionary to look up a word I didn't know. Reading in bed was a different story (pun not intended). Would fall asleep and lose my place in the book. It was awkward holding the book, etc., etc.

Was SO skeptical about an e-reader. No, it's not the same. It's different in wonderful ways. The ability to make notes and underline on the Kindle. Look up words in the built-in dictionary. The freedom to travel w/o packing enough books to last 3 weeks or a month.

Love my Kindle(s)!! Love my library, too. As I said before, there's no conflict. ...For me it's not a choice of 1 or the other; it's the joy of both.

I'm a gadget hound and a voracious reader, so it's pretty amazing that I haven't bought an e-reader yet. Several reasons for this.

1) I've been reading ebooks on handheld devices since the late 90's. It's not novel to me.

2) I already have an iPhone and iPod Touch (the latter was a gift). I don't need a larger or dedicated screen. I still prefer paper, though - the flicker on a backlit screen irritates my eyes after a while.

3) I have seen e-ink since around 2000. While it is nicer to read and its speed has improved, I read quickly enough that the lag in the page changeover still bugs me. Any lag is too long. It seriously impedes the flow of my reading.

4) Should a good color e-ink device come out, I would probably go for that one. But not before.

It took me a long time, but I dove in an picked up a Sony eReader. Now it is my prefered method of leisure reading.

For textbooks and reference type books, paper is still my prefered format.

@gregorylikescheapstu: Thanks. I definitely have tried it - my friends have had the various generations, and I tinker with it and the various other e-ink readers I see (nook, Sony, etc.) around. I guess I must flip pages faster than you, because none of them can keep up with my reading speed. :-)

When I can buy a used ebook for 50cents at a garage sale then I'll switch.

I like being able to hold a book in my hands and have a feel for how long it is and where I am in it. However, I do not like having books stacked all over my house. My kindle has made my home a much neater place!

I owned a Sony PRS-500 Reader for a short time. It was returned for a full refund when their claims of Adobe Acrobat document support fell well short of being usable.

I then tried a Motion Computing tablet running Windows. Not bad, but very heavy, and only a couple hours of battery life.

I also tried a Nook, which wasn't bad, but the slow page turns because of the eInk display were way too annoying.

I'm using an iPad for reading eBooks now, which is pretty good. Nice screen resolution and clarity, good battery life, lightweight.

The biggest problem is the mainstream publishers who think they can get away with charging as much for an eBook as they charge for a hardback version, instead of being priced like a paperback (or lower!).

I have found a few independent publishers that charge $5 for eBooks, so I've got a small collection of new authors I've been reading. But for the handful of authors that I read every book they write I'm still buying paperbacks.

JM2C