But what I do pray for to the spirit of Johannes Gutenberg is that the rustle of pages, the smell of paper, the elegance of type, and the anticipatory joy of reading «Chapter One» will not be lost to the Wii Generation. (edutopia.org)
Students in the study reported that print was aesthetically more enjoyable, making comments such as «I like the smell of paper» or that reading in print is «real reading». (educationmattersmag.com.au)
Some people cite that they couldn't give up the touch of a book as there's something about the physical act of page turning (and the smell of the paper!) (qaeducation.co.uk)