> Text books are important, but in my view the case for books is lessening. (unless you like fiction, ... making a molehill out of a mountain, aren't we? more

> Text books are important, but in my view the case for books is lessening. (unless you like fiction, ... making a molehill out of a mountain, aren't we? more specifically, i think, a hasty generalization. just because you don't read fiction or something doesn't mean that others also don't. i'll agree with you if we're talking about the NICHE of instructional/scholastic/informational/reference books. i don't read those types of books. when you use the term "reading a book", though, you're typically referring to reading for recreation/entertainment, which is typically going to be fiction/literature. i do read those, and so do the vast majority of my family and friends.