I gotta say, I'm surprised that things lean so heavily towards physical books here. I read about 95% ebooks. I also NEVER read on a phone, or a connected kindle device. I have a disconnected old kindle 4th generation, and transfer books to it via a cable. I use Calibre to organize my books.

I love this setup and read a lot. I don't mind having a separate device (my old kindle) for reading.