A couple of weeks ago I attended my 55th HS reunion. Included was a tour of the new additions to the school. When showing the re-located library to us we noticed one sparse wall of books in a very large room. The Principle explained that when they hired an outside agency to "update" the operation they were throwing out all of the books, but were advised to at least keep the ones that we saw by the Principal. This one bends my attitude!
Books have endured through thousands of years. They have been technically better lasting than most of today's technology and are even radiation-hardened!
To me, the best part of books is the opportunity to "accidentally" discover other ideas that don't usually boil up from computer searches.
Books also can feel good!