the touch of a book

This article is about the difference between reading a physical book and reading an electronic book:

"Out of Touch"


from the article:

"The book’s graspability, in a material as well as a spiritual sense, is what endowed it with such immense power to radically alter our lives. In taking hold of the book, according to Augustine, we are taken hold of by books."

Lost in Dreams -- Friedrich von Amerling