A piece of processed wood should not be preferred over a notebook sized device capable of storing over 3000 books and capable of wireless connection basically removing the size limit.
Wood is a renewable resource. Environmentalists also tell me it traps carbon. The ereader still has to be made with parts from the environment.
Plus, when the dystopian future arrives, I'll have plenty of kindling with my growing collection of books. Plus entertainment after all the ereaders grow dark.
Yeah, the ecological benefits of an ereader may or may not be a wash. Sure, you're saving on trees, but most of the trees books are made from are farmed anyway, and electronics are incredibly, outrageously polluting and energy intensive to manufacture.
Nostalgia is great, but so is our environment.