Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that it is to replace books in general. You can never pry me away from my books!! I love flipping through them and seeing marks on the pages from tears or whatnot or in my brother's case blood from a bloody nose. I have one yet I'm sitting in a room at my parents house with two filled book shelves in it. I'm dying being home, but all of my books are packed in boxes.... I miss coming into my room and seeing my bookshelf full of my friends. And smiling when I smell the mustiness of the books, eReaders will never be able to replace books in my heart, but it is a great substitute when my budget and space doesn't allow for me to have my books with me. Albeit hopefully, a very temporary substitute.