You might try an e-ink device. That will solve your problems of fiddling and pixelation. I find them far more comfortable to read as well.
Regarding your memory system, this is a matter of changing habits.
As for the nostalgia, I could tell you I miss my CRT and the clack of a first generation remote, or the times when video content was limited so everyone watched the same thing, of when folks could design with their hands and wrote letters. Times change.
I too love physical books, but I won't buy them these days because the convenience of ebooks is just too great.
The Nook Touch is an e-ink device. The pixelation thing is the lowest on the list.
Two more things: the feeling of a scam, and ebooks are editable. It seems far-fetched, but the possibility exists that a malefactor can literally edit every copy of a book from a central location. This possibility does not exist with physical books.
E-books feel like a scam, and I admit it's not entirely rational - although I will say that paying $10 for bits vs. $7 for paper just doesn't seem rational, and it's a change that only seems to benefit a small few. E.g. if e-books offered authors a bigger cut, then I'd be more supportive of them. If the royalty was 50% of $10 vs. 10% of $7 I'd say that reason alone made ebooks a better choice for readers wanting to support authors. But as ever, the system seems to benefit the few with customer reach, rather than the few with some actual talent. And that is a failure of our society as much as it is a failure of the market.
Regarding your memory system, this is a matter of changing habits.
As for the nostalgia, I could tell you I miss my CRT and the clack of a first generation remote, or the times when video content was limited so everyone watched the same thing, of when folks could design with their hands and wrote letters. Times change.
I too love physical books, but I won't buy them these days because the convenience of ebooks is just too great.