I agree with this totally. Also, I have friends who have shelves loaded with all sorts of interesting books. When left alone for a moment in their lounges, whil

I agree with this totally. Also, I have friends who have shelves loaded with all sorts of interesting books. When left alone for a moment in their lounges, whilst they head to the kitchen to make a cuppa, it's nice to be able to peruse their collections of art, cookery, fiction books etc. They become a talking point and a single book spotted on a shelf can initiate many hours of pleasurable discourse. If these were digitised they'd most likely be stored on the same device as their personal and private matters, and one does not out of good manners, automatically fire up their PC's or tablets to go and have a rummage around. I have hundreds of books and I'd find it hard to decide which ones should hit the recycler. To this day yet even my scrappy 1970's paperback copies of stuff like 1984, Brave New World or The Ginger Man still elicit long conversations because visiting friends can freely browse your shelves.