I hate dead tree books.. they are heavy, awkward to hold, no backlite, no search
I hate ebooks. expensive, you don't own them, needs power
I hate books. too long, full of pointless drivel. every chapter repeating the last.
text is too low a bitrate for me... I get bored easly.
also, I have an hypothesis. People with Myopia usually like to read , because upclose they see better, with less effort. I have hypermetropia, and for me to focus on near objects requires a lot of effort giving me huge asthenopia (even with the correct glasses). And because of that I hate to read long books.
audio-books are even worse... I can't concentrate on a guy reading a dumb text in a monotone voice. and when they have actors, they usually suck
I like reading wikipedia entries for books.. it sums it up pretty nice for me. really compressed bitrate (thou lossy)

because the controls sucks and the API is limited no direct hardware access diminishes the performance

in the old powerbook g3 (wallstreet, lombard and pismo) you could replace the battery while the machine was sleeping.. without shutting down or connecting to AC power also, those models had dual media bays that could hold 2 batteries.. just awsome too bad johnnny ives is such a minimalist these days

I think that when you name things, they gain a soul. and they behave differently than unnamed things... The anthropomorphization of objects isn't new, but I think it works in the sense of peace of mind.. your named object is your friend. Treat it well and it won't break when you need it most...