The e/Paper Book Solution

John Gruber:

I like Nick Carr’s idea to bundle e-books as downloads that accompany good old-fashioned printed books.

This is the answer. The last two books I read were Steve Jobs and Inside Apple. The former in Hardcover the latter in eBook. Both were good, but I sure like that book on my shelf. I wish I'd bought the paper version and torrented the eBook (like I did with Steve Jobs).