[yesenadam]

[Not science:] Hmm maybe because holding the book in your hands gives you physical coordinates in addition to the visual landmarks. An onscreen ebook is behind glass, removed from all senses but vision. I just watched Bret Victor's Humane Representation of Thought talk yesterday, which is extremely relevant - wanting media (of communication, information work, programming) to involve more of our senses and abilities. Books are a huge advance over PDFs in that way. Touch them, doodle on them, argue back in the margins... Although the smell and sound of a book aren't used to deliver information, if books had no smell or made no sound, they'd be much more like ebooks.

[akabaka777]

I really enjoyed the talk and it was very relevant thanks. But the speakers vision is almost improbable in my opinion. Not because it's not possible but because the target consumers won't bother for it. Majority of population are already out of touch of their senses with how they use technology. Kinda like how the VR is now marketed, even though the initial ideas blew everyone's minds.