E-Book or P-Book?

I love to read, I actually read almost anything that I could.  I have read all Dan Brown’s novels, all the Harry Potter’s (1 – 7), Sidney Sheldon, John Grisham, Jeffrey Deaver, Sweet Valley, Nancy Drew’s, Hardy Boys, Harlequin Romances, canned goods label, etcetera, etcetera, but I don’t like reading Tom Clancy though.  With all those books and reading materials, I always read it the traditional way, reading it on printed paper.  I’m not actually against e-books because e-book (electronic book) has a lot of advantages over the p-book (printed book) and vise-versa. 

What is better E-Book or P-Book?  If you’re a bookworm yourself you probably had ask that question to your self before.  As a frequent reader, I tried to weigh some points so as to decide which of the two is better than the other. 

Looking at it, e-books have a great number of advantages over the p-book.  E-book is environment friendly because there’s no need to cut down trees to provide paper, its reader friendly because you change the text size. You could even search the text or page or a chapter quickly.  And it is economical you can download e-books 5 to 10 times cheaper than buying the printed book itself, and if you know where to look you can even download it freely. 

Yep, e-book has a bunch of advantages over the p-book yet I still don’t like reading e-book especially if I am just reading for leisure.  I don’t felt like I am “reading” if I am reading an e-book.  I’ve tried to read the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (HP6) on my laptop using e-book that I’ve downloaded over Limewire but I don’t feel the same thrill as I did when I read it again using the printed version of HP6.  Maybe there is something magical about the smell of the printed pages and the texture of the paper you feel on your fingertips while you are turning each pages. 

How about you what do you like, e-book or the p-book?