Mashable.com is a website devoted to news in social and digital media, technology and web culture. They asked their readers whether they preferred e-books or print books. The results were a little surprising, given the audience being polled:
23% prefer e-books
42% prefer print books
35% said each format had its advantages
You can see the results here: http://mashable.com/2010/07/24/e-book-real-book-results/