E-books

I have many thoughts on e-books. Here's just a few:

1. It would be nice to be able to search through my books to find passages
   
2. I think the real book is one of the best technologies that we've come up with: Infinite battery life, super-durable, ergonomically comfortable, smells good, able to make comments in the margins freely and in the inside cover of the book.
   
3. Sometimes it just feels like with technology we pour tons of money and effort into creating something that's not as good as what we already have that requires no electricity. Is this the case?
   
4. Do we lose something with the e-book?
   
5. Would I destroy a kindle as I am generally tough on my books (and electronics)?
   
6. It would be sweet to have my library on me at all times.
   
7. It would be sweet to get a bunch of free e-books.
   

A link and a vid:
The differences between the book and the e-book.