Paper or plastic?

Book Nook Bookshop in Newburgh, Indiana.
(Photo by Will Steward)

I'm sorry, this might offend but there is just something about picking up a dogged eared book and getting so totally lost in its pages that when the story is done you are itching for more.
My love for books has been something that my parents nurtured and cultivated my entire life. I remember staring up at bookshelves overflowing with paperbacks, hardcovers and stacks upon stacks of magazines.
Boring books with no pictures.
Books filled with strange pictures.
Small books, large books.
Books that smelled musty and brand new books that creaked when you opened them.
*happy sigh*
Maybe that explains the ferocious appetite I have for the written word and the enjoyment I find when I am reading a really great book in my hands.
One that captures my emotions and takes me on a journey to places I have never even entertained the thought of seeing.
I like being able to hold a book up and see just how far I have come in the story so I know when to slow down so the story will last a wee bit longer.
I'm not "there yet" when it comes to Ebooks but big daddy loves his kobo which brings me to my question.
Which do you prefer Paper or plastic?
Old fashioned hold in your hands and manually turn the pages paper book or hold a mini screen push a button "book"?
Random question I know but bear with me for a moment while I explain.

While I was grocery shopping Sunday the "terrible horrible" happened.
I'm not exactly sure how it happened {thankfully the kids were not at fault!}
but his kobo has transformed from a "mini screen push a button book" into a pixelated mess.
The screen mirrors one giant frozen crack and just like that all of his books are gone!



Ack!
I can't even imagine how it would feel if I woke up and all my beloved books were gone.
Where would I even start?
What book would be my first have-to-replace book?
I'm not even ready to entertain the thought!
Realistically he can purchase another ereader and I am assuming the books he purchased will be back. Right?
I don't know if I will ever be the ereader type.

What about you? Paper or plastic?