Why Baby Boomers Love the Kindle—and Millennials Don’t

I, a millennial, cant get enough of hard copies, while my baby boomer dad is enamored with his Kindle Paperwhite (from $140), which uses a unique no-glare lighting system to replicate a traditional reading experience more closely than a phone or tablet..

I dont think that kid will ever find my equally loved copy of Heather Lendes Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer" in the magnetic dust of my long-dead Kindle..

Devin Smith, 26, a marketing and public relations manager in Brooklyn, N.Y., knows the appeal of print all too well, with more than 100 books crammed into her tiny" apartment..

Christopher Lee, 32, a health tech strategist in San Diego, finds reading e-books too much like work..

The 29-year-old public relations professional in Morocco, Ind., also says she finds the motion of turning a page so much more satisfying than yet more tapping on yet another screen. . Interestingly, the option to tap, not page-turn, is what sold Frances Spillane, 57, a Boston mental health counselor, on e-books..

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