Presumably the new Star Trek universe introduced with the Abrams film can allow for some of this cruft to be broken off. I still think it's kinda charming that

Presumably the new Star Trek universe introduced with the Abrams film can allow for some of this cruft to be broken off. I still think it's kinda charming that people read the classics in the future though. I mean, I don't always read high falutin' books, but I try to read something from the English cannon every once in a while. Also, you have to consider that since they have replicators, why not read on a real book? You can just toss it in the replicator whenever you want and get a fresh copy when you sit down to read.