Kindle is better to handle if you want to read outdoors, for instance, under the sun, also, if the book is way too heavy for you to hold it for long hours. But surely books in their classic shape are much more about the reading, the cover art, typography, even coffee stains, I develop some infatuated memories upon them. All in all, depends what you are looking for, I would rather handle a kindle whilst I’m sitting in a cafe