Then here is one they never think of: Electronic devices go obsolete in a few short years. Who among you can still read your 8" or 5-1/4" floppy disks? Now even the CD-ROM is getting to be a hit-or-miss way to keep information. The point is, none of these electronic devices will stay in service long enough to make information available even ten years later. I have read from 100 year old books. They continue to work for a very long time. They are what we call "reliable".
“The point is, none of these electronic devices will stay in service long enough to make information available even ten years later.”
I have loads of archived readable data from over 30 years ago.
I have noticed the reliable quality of books, too. My Narnia books that I got as a kid in the 1970s work as well now as on the day I got them. And they work under most conditions except total darkness.
I do not reread most books. But when I pick up a book I have read before, I remember the story and the characters. I do not know how that experience could be replicated with electronic books.