The Advantages of eBooks Over Physical Books

Stuffing a library onto a Kindle

Library of Congress Reading Room — Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

My wonderful, late father-in-law started a retirement business buying and selling first-edition and rare books. One of his specialties was 19th-century illustrators. When I wanted to get his goat, I'd survey the vast shelves in his humidity-controlled basement and semi-seriously opine, "You know, I could fit all of these books on my…