10 Reasons Physical Books Are Better Than E-books 1. The sensory experience. The smell of paper, the texture of pages between your fingers, the sound of turning a page. 2. No battery anxiety 3. The weight and physical progress through pages creates spatial memory that helps comprehension. 4. Bookshelves full of colorful spines create warmth and character in a space. 5. Writing notes, underlining passages creates a personal dialogue with the text that feels more intimate than ebook.