I'm not convinced it does detract from the reading experience you know. I used to say the same, but I do read an awful lot of books, they just clog up my house once they're done, and are quite expensive. As much as I treasure the smell and feel of a new book or the broken in dust of an old one, it's the words that make it magic, the characters, plots and twists. Won't that all still be there in digital format? I think that's the conclusion I've come to anyway.