Sad that an era has ended, but totally understandable.
A big problem with printed hard-copy books is that they go out of date as information is corrected. Many old entries are very wrong now.
You can't Flash Upgrade a printed Book
We recently threw out our kids 'Junior World Encyclopaedia' as much of the information in it was sooooo wrong and out of date.
But I do like the feel of reading a book and looking at the pics on paper.
Computers lack the tactile experience.
Remember this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdkuc...eature=related