If that lack of spaciality bothers you, you could try reading ebooks on a bigger format. Using a 13" ipad or Surface, or another tablet/reader for instance allows to have two pages side by side (or one A4 full page) which is pretty close to the physical book format.
Was reacting to the "I often remember that a phrase was at the top or middle or left side of a page" part. In particular for technical documentation, having a vague memory of how the page looked like and where in that page the information is IMHO tremendously useful to get back quickly to the relevant parts.
I personaly see less use of feeling the weight of the book or the physical artifacts (even for the position in the book, the ratio on the scroll bar is to me a good enough replacement).
