I agree, having a book is far better in my opinion. I like books because: a) I can read them anywhere, I'm not chained to my computer. b) There nothing more annoying than trying to find an article that you read a few weeks back, and then when you need to refer to it again, finding that the site owner has re-arranged the site or simply deleted the article. With a book, you know it's still going to be there for you to refer to in the future. c) You can write (!) into a book, to add your own comments and memory-jogs. I hated the idea of this at first, until I realised that I'll probably never sell any of the books that I've bought. Now, I think the ability to add your own comments and mini-indexes to a book is great. d) The quality of the material that goes into a book is usually reviewed and at least, has some rudimentary checks for accuracy. I'm dismayed by the sheer amount of nonsense that some so called "experts" write into articles on the 'net. The trouble is, developers that read "teach yourself programming in 24 hours" yesterday are now themselves, writing articles on topics they don't fully understand, and thus just spread mis-information onwards. Of course, there are plenty of books with printing errors and information that is just plain wrong as well. e) They're easier on the eyes. ...on the other hand... 1) Books are hard to search (I like the option some publishers give now, of a PDF version of the book included with the physical book itself) 2) They take up physical room - I've got a real storage problem with the number of books that I have. 3) You can't "upgrade" a book easily. I've bought newer versions, e.g. 2nd Editions of some classic books, e.g. Code Complete. It's a shame that I can't somehow get a discount given that I'd bought the first edition previously. I bought a Sony Reader recently, that's pretty good and not a bad compromise. Whilst on the subject of IT books, I am disturbed by the lack of real technical in-depth books available in bookstores nowadays. Twelve years ago, I used to go into Waterstones and gaze at the compiler book with the dragon on the front, and other really in-depth books and hoped that one day, I'd appreciate their content. Now I've reached that level myself, they've mostly vanished. Replaced with books on today's "cool" language/framwork that will have dwindled into obscurity by tomorrow. Then again, I guess that the bookstores stock the books that will sell the most, not the in-depth technical ones that would be beyond, and thus, unattrac