I should have said reading on regular tablets or phones sucks but dedicated e readers are decent. But the uncertainty of the devices longevity and the markets t

I should have said reading on regular tablets or phones sucks but dedicated e readers are decent. But the uncertainty of the devices longevity and the markets tolerance of standards makes them a poor long term investment. I have books my father had when he was a kid. There are books from my great grandparents kicking around. They will never cease being legeable barring physical destruction. I'm sure your ereader is nice. But will your kids be able to power it on 50 years later and read the books contained on it? And who will curate your digital e books if they are fixed to an account? When you die, does your book collection die with you? It almost devalues the book itself as its no longer a tangible piece of information you can pass along. Its a digital thing trapped in a digital realm which can evaporate in one of a million ways.