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"Since everything is on the Internet, I don't need books...right?

          No, that is not the case.  Just because we have an easier way to look things up doesn't mean we do not need books.  Even professionals don't always rely on the internet as much as they use it, and continue to use books.  Books are easier to gain information for some people - like me because I can hold a book and actually feel like I am reading.  It helps me concentrate better and I can annotate and take notes while reading.  Although finding things online would be much easier to gain, you cannot really understand the information fully in detail like a book would.  Also sometimes, the Internet cannot be reliable.  There are times when people upload things that have no sources to back them up and people learn false information.  On going with that, there are some sites such as ".com" that may not have the right information because it could be from a gaming website, or even a social website.  Books are written work that someone has done with a lot of thinking, education, and knowledge in hand.  They know what they are talking about, as they went through a long process of editing and re-editing, proof-reading, and then finally publishing.  Authors would have to gain a lot of knowledge about what they are writing about, because it would be on shelves and people would read it.  Just because everything is on the Internet, doesn't mean that we shouldn't read books.  Sometimes books are better than reading things online, because old versions and special versions of texts aren't always posted online, but instead on paper.  For instance, ancient codes or something that only got published on papers because they never had a computer during that time.  As much as people love to read and would prefer to read things on the Internet, it shouldn’t always be the case because at times book can be more efficient than online texts.