I never believed I would come to love my Kindle. I love books. I love bookcases and it never mattered if it was hardback or paperback, it was a well loved physical book. Granted paperbacks are less costly and I love that I can get free books on my Kindle, or for 99 cents! So now I really have no preference, but I do miss walking by the bookcase and loving those books! I had a huge bookcase, taller than me, in my classroom, filled with books and I bought books all the time for my classroom, or to read to them.