[dylan604]

I hope you're saying that is only applicable to you personally and not applying that to every other human on the planet. There are plenty of real world advantages a physical book has over an ebook, even if you can't think of them. On of my favorites was not having to turn my book off during airplane take off and landing. Also, books do not run out of battery so they do not need to be recharged. You can have multiple books open at the same time, admittedly, this is more for during research times and not just a simple reading session. But I'm not going to sit here typing out every single difference I can think of just because you can't think of any

[armchairhacker]

> I hope you're saying that is only applicable to you personally

My comment starts with “Personally, …”

> not having to turn my book off during airplane take off and landing

E-readers don’t need to be always online, some don’t even have cellular

> books do not run out of battery so they do not need to be recharged

Some e-readers have long battery life, and most support wireless charging (https://zens.tech/pages/which-e-readers-support-wireless-cha...)

> You can have multiple books open at the same time, admittedly, this is more for during research times and not just a simple reading session

True, on an e-reader at best you can have a couple books at half size (side-by-side), although you can switch between books fast and it remembers where you left off

[WolfeReader]

Those are some incredibly minor advantages. The advantages of ebooks - easy backups, infinitesimal physical storage requirements, searchability, accessibility for people with visual needs - each one of those outweighs every advantage you listed.

[Novosell]

Why would you need to turn off the ereader? Just put it in airplane mode.

[BigTTYGothGF]

I haven't flown in many years (and god willing will never have to again) but at the time you had to turn your electronic stuff off, whether it was in airplane mode or not.

[armchairhacker]

I’ve only heard, in very rare scenarios (extreme turbulence), passengers asked to turn off their devices during takeoff and landing.