Books vs. eBooks

Books are better for reading than ebooks. Period.
There is no argument about that ... and thats said by "me" ... somebody who's happy to read ebooks even on his mobile.
I just wana make a list with all the things that are still to be improuved on the ebook side of the road.
First thing first a definition. I hate that but has to be done.
What is an ebook?
Well ... in my humble opinion an ebook is the assembly betwen a device and the electronic package that describes the book.

When you imagine a car you always consider the road, the gas, the actual car and the driver.
You should do the same for an ebook.

Starting from this point, the major factors are:

1. "Easy" factor - It's one of those things that you can do with any book you have. You just throw it in your bag and take it out when you have a moment. For an ebook to do that you have to solve a lot of issues related with the following factors:
   
   • sturdines - most devices are desktop tools not ready for a truly "road adventure")
     
   • acces time - even the best ebook device will have a lag here ... a book you just open it at whatever page and that's it, for an ebook you have press a button, make sure that the content is there, then you check your bateries, then open the file with the book, then navigate to the page, and so on. If you wana look in it just to read a paragraph that's way too much. ).
   • flexibility - it's easy in your hand, you can bend it, make notes on it, you can read it in any position and condition as long as you have some light and so on.
     
   • security - a book is just a book. If you've lost it or you did anything stupid with it there is no big deal. Go and buy another one. Can you do that with a device costing you 400 dolars and an entire collection of files that you forgot to back up? That's also realted with the next point in discusion ...
     
2. Price factor - So ... most of the electronic editions are cheaper ... but not cheap enought cosidering that the production cost are much much lower than for a printed book. If you consider the price of the device the discusion ends here.
   
3. Perception factor - There are two aspects here:
   
   • The external perception - get a Sony device in your hand and you'll understand the idea. You don't feel like reading. You are just showing off the fact that you use such a gadget. On the other hand when you read a god book you also make a statement, a statement that will not be made by your new gadget ... there are no hardcovers with titles and so on.
     
   • The personal perception - you don't have the feeling that you own the book ... you fill that you own a device ... that's a really diferent story.
     
4. "Quality of service" factor - You don't have the same contrast for the text and the same resolution. Simple as that .. no coments to be made here.

If you have any reamarks or adition I'll be happy to learn about you opinion.
Wish you a god reading :)