I didn't know if I could get into it because I really like holding books and smelling them.... you know, the whole shebang... but I have to admit that I really enjoy my reader.
I was the same way. In fact, I intentionally shunned the Kindle (or e-readers in general) for a couple of years, for that same reason. I'm a Luddite by nature, and prefer the old-world charm of reading real books as I've done all my life. I think at one point I actually made the statement that I'd never lower myself to reading an electronic book. But then I decided to try one at the urging of friends and family, and I finally came around. I will admit, though, it took a few weeks for me to get used to holding it comfortably (as I was only used to holding real books) and hitting the button to turn the page, instead of actually turning a page. Once I was used to it and it became natural to me, I really started to enjoy it.

I do miss being able to flip back and skim pages in order to re-read an important part, though. That's not easily done on an e-reader unless you know exactly where you're going. So that's one of the down sides of it. But I've learned to use the functions for highlighting and marking sections of interest so I can easily find them later. It sure beats my old system of inserting scraps of paper between pages.

I also find it very important to create "collections" for organizing my books. But I haven't figured out how to rename a book on the Kindle. Does anyone know how to do that? Or is it something that the Sony reader can do but the Kindle can't?