[Red_Devil 232]

You don’t go on line to read for enjoyment (although some subjects and posts on FR are enjoyable). Holding a book and turning the pages is satisfying ... and you can read one anywhere. Stop at any time, mark the page, and pick up where you left off hours, days or weeks later faster than you can finding a book-marked site on the net ... no WiFi connections, no phone or satellite or cable connection needed. The only thing needed is a little light, a candle will do, and for those who read Braille you don’t even need that.

[chrisser]

I won’t argue that books, as a storage medium, have their advantages over other methods.

But that’s all they are - a storage medium. Today, one of many.

The ideas and stories the words represent are the real treasures - not the means used to access them.