Beyond Method (Step) #6 -- eBooks, eReaders, and portable reading...What is the world coming to?

I really enjoyed this method.  I have presented a workshop here at the library about eReaders and eBooks.  I called it the Ins and Outs of the Digital Books.  It was a nice size crowd that I got and many of them already had their own personal eReaders.  Many had questions of how to download ebooks from the library's website (we are in an Overdrive consortium) to their ereaders.  We went step by step through the process of finding an ebooks, checking out an ebooks, and then downloading the ebooks into a Nook.  (We have a Nookcolor and a Sony ereader here at the library.)
We also looked at Project Gutenberg during the workshop and explored how to find and download one of these types of books.  The one that I looked at for this Method was http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2591/2591-h/2591-h.htm#2H_4_0017 .
I think that Project Gutenberg is very easy to use and I think that it can be helpful to for patrons that are searching for a long lost book that is no longer in print or a first edition of a particular book.  Sometimes the first edition is much better at telling the story than the reprints or edited editions that we now see that are change as to not offend anyone.  Explaining to the patrons and trying to get them to understand how to "check out" and then download ebooks to their personal ereaders can be hard or easy.  It all depends on the patrons and the staff member.  If the staff member doing the teaching is not a patient person or if the patron is one that wants the staff member to do it all for them and does not want to learn anything new, then the whole process will be tough.  If the person teaching and the person learning both take their time and understand each other, the process will be smooth sailing. 
Even thought I personally prefer a paper book, I can see the draw to the ereader and ebooks. I think that all libraries should investigate having ereaders in the building to at least be able to "show and tell" the porcess to the patrons.  It may even be in the near future that we as libraries begin to check out the units like books to patrons.  I know that the future is going to be leaning more toward the electronics but I hope that we never lose the old fashion paper books.