Why eBooks Are Evil?

• You don't own the book.
• You can't gift the book.
• None can inherit your books.
• You can't donate it to local library.
• You can't sell it.
• You can't buy it for second-hand price.
• There is no way to have special editions.
• Rare books which are no more of interest and out of print (say for example Soviet era books) can't be found in eBook stores.
• Your books can be censored by or deleted by anyone sitting in a remote location.
• Photos, diagrams, tables and maps look better on physical books.
• You can't have any number of books open in front of you and cross-refer as with the physical books.
• You need to recharge your batteries.
• Your guests won't have an opportunity to peek in to your collection and find a common interest.
• You can't show off your collection to others.
• Your children will not be drawn to books if you always stare at a tablet. But a colorful cover is enough to hook in someone to read the book.
• Your reading choices can be used to predict your political or religious or any other demographic information with data mining.
• You won't get the physically connected feeling with your book. Unlike the physical books, with eBooks, all books feel the same in your hand.
• You need to stay with a particular service provider to access your books.
• You need any third-party software or hardware to read your book.
• You can't tear away pages, paste extra pages, combine and bind a customized book as per your wish. (My dad had compiled entire novels from published series in some magazines.)
• Paper may be considered polluting. But the impact can be mixed. But with tablets, the impact is always negative. Paper wastes are far less damaging than e-wastes and pollution from manufacturing process of tablets. Also eBook readers need constant power supply throughout their life! Hence eBook readers are far more damaging to the environment.
• Can't be used to cover your face, hold your ticket or letter, swat flies, as pillows or to adjust the height of your monitor!
• Can't be burnt to show your opposition to an ideology.

These are very few of the many reasons why eBooks suck and its advocates are dumb.