>I like to have my cake and eat it too :)

So, what do you do when they say "have a cake"? You just have it? Or eat it (but then you don't have it anymore).

Logic vs language, 0:0, as usual :).

>I like to have both, read the hard copy and put it on my shelf (to look like I know something) and then use the eBook to quickly look up details when I need them.

For reference books, sure. Specially the ones I'd like to be able to search. For belletristic, I prefer reading it on a device, presently using a PSP to read pdf, txt, html formatted books, because my preferred position is to read lying on the floor, and PSP is small enough to prop up against something and make the lines parallel to the plane of my eyes. Most of the paper books I bought in the last couple of years tend to be a bit bulky, even in paperback, and hard to hold in a readable position.