Reading this, I can't feel thankful enough for what the internet brought us.
I mean, the book in my own room would be enough to start a little library, I've went thru everything that interested me in my town's library during my childhood, I'd have run out of books to read if dear internet-san wasn't here for me.
Physical books are either in restricted supply in a library or very expensive to buy nowadays, the digital world cut all the physical costs and while... it certainly doesn't bear the same feeling (which is worth the cost to me), I just can't afford every book I want to own, so I read them online (or offline for that matter).
Big up to our fair pirates of the Knowledgean Sea !