I love my ereader for many reasons.  I live in a small flat and have no room to store books.  I can put my Sony ereader in a handbag.  I never loose my place and I can drink a cup of tea at the same time (very important to me.  I'm not a very "green" person but feel it's a start not to have something made of paper.

Mostly what I really love is being able to buy a book any time of the day or night.  I generally read just before sleep and that means will run out of reading matter when the shops are closed.

I agree that book theft is easier with digital equipment.  However, I'm a reader.  I used to buy a lot of paper books, now I buy probably more digital books.

Additionally I've recently been converted to audiobooks due to having an ipod which I can play through my car.  I buy my audiobooks or rent CDs from the library.

I would hope that people who love reading will love exploring ways of reading/listening to books in ways they couldn't before.  This is maybe the way to market them, rather than silly video bells and whistles.  Sell ebooks/digital works to those who love reading rather than try to convert non readers by offering gimmicks.

I too love this blog.

Mary