I think it has more to do with the eBook ownership model -- you don't really own a book and you get tied down to a particular service to access the book. So you

I think it has more to do with the eBook ownership model -- you don't really own a book and you get tied down to a particular service to access the book. So you can't lend a book to friend.And if a particular book becomes disputed for copyright or censorship reasons it can just disappear. If you loose access to a service for some reason you can loose all your books (and thus all your $ investment). On top of that the prices are too high. Why is an eBook as much as a physical hardback? The hardback costs money to print and ship. Storing and transferring an eBook is a fraction of that cost. Finally eReaders/tablets are still not quite comfortable enough to replace books. They need to be lighter, even a bit flexible and cheap. There are the things that keep me from diving in. If someone came up with a solution to these issues I think we'd see eBooks really take off.