People use the net to find a wider array of information than they did before, but they don't go as deep. On the other hand, book readers are much pickier in cho

People use the net to find a wider array of information than they did before, but they don't go as deep. On the other hand, book readers are much pickier in choosing the topics they delve into. I could probably go through my entire cycle of sites in the time it takes me to pick out a book at Borders. I'll never forget stumbling across the 17th century tulip craze in a book from my public library. I never heard another word about it until a Matt Taibbi article a couple months ago. On a long enough timeline horizontal browsing intersects with information once reserved for those who dig deep, but how many almanacs would you have to read to know as much as a librarian?