You can only come to that opinion if you don't read books. I aim to read a (non-fiction) book a week, but usually end up finishing them in roughly 10 days. My s

You can only come to that opinion if you don't read books. I aim to read a (non-fiction) book a week, but usually end up finishing them in roughly 10 days. My split is about 50% library 50% Amazon.com purchases. Without the library my reading habit would be massively more expensive. Right now I'm reading a book by Bain about the transcontinental railroads that I picked up at my local library (after reserving it online, picking it up at the front counter without even having to look for it, and walking out the door in <60 seconds using the automated checkout machine) and a book on startups I got off of Amazon. I've read the wikipedia entry on the transcontinental railroad, it's good. But it's not as detailed as book. And there are about 50,000 blog posts on startups, but none are as detailed as the book I'm reading. Wikipedia and blog posts are all shallow overviews of the subject. If you want nuance, if you want depth, then you need a book. And the internet doesn't even come close.