There's nothing comparable to having books in your hands, feeling the paper under your fingers and the nice smell of just-printed books, etc. I do enjoy having books on my shelves : they sometimes lure me and I don't resists having fun on reading them one more time.
Physical books are reliable for years and centuries, because they are materially-based, because they are immediately accessible (just open them and start reading) and don't need to have a computer to read them (many people own books but no computers). And maybe the most important think is that physical books are more comfortable to read than screen-based ones.
I do agree with you. Even if computers are a good way to find informations, they don't offer a good reading comfort. Imagine yourself reading a 500-pages book in front of a screen : you soon get tired and disturbed. I'd rather read it layed down on my bed or sat in a comfortable chair.
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There's nothing comparable to having books in your hands, feeling the paper under your fingers and the nice smell of just-printed books, etc. I do enjoy having books on my shelves : they sometimes lure me and I don't resists having fun on reading them one more time.
Physical books are reliable for years and centuries, because they are materially-based, because they are immediately accessible (just open them and start reading) and don't need to have a computer to read them (many people own books but no computers). And maybe the most important think is that physical books are more comfortable to read than screen-based ones.
I do agree with you. Even if computers are a good way to find informations, they don't offer a good reading comfort. Imagine yourself reading a 500-pages book in front of a screen : you soon get tired and disturbed. I'd rather read it layed down on my bed or sat in a comfortable chair.