It's just elitism by people who collect first editions, and/or have the leisure time to sit and read.

You have the same division between readers and audiobook listeners. Like fuck you if you work long hours and you listen to a book in the car when you couldn't otherwise just read. "Stop being poor and come live a life of leisure."

Way I see it, my phone doesn't get heavier with 100 books on it. So my books are ebooks, or audiobooks. I like to run both at the same time, especially if there are a bunch of names to keep track of (e.g. high fantasy).