Over at the Design Observer, librarian/curator/writer Timothy Young offers a damn good list of ten reasons why the printed book still matters. Here’s a stripped down version (see below) of the list. If you’re inclined, check out the fully unexpurgated version of the well developed reasons right about here.

1. It is a piece of technology that lasts
2. It needs very little, if any, extra technology to be accessed
3. The book retains evidence
4. Books are true to form
5. Each copy of a book is potentially unique
6. Printed items are consumable goods
7. A book is an object fixed in time
8. A book can be an object of beauty and human craftsmanship
9. When you are reading a book in a public place, other people can see what you are reading
10. The Internet will never contain every book