How Come Books Are Still Popular?

[bluefortress]

Technology usually robs physical items of their use. For example camera's, cd's, DVD's tend not to be sold in stores or used as much due to the development of smartphones/devices. 
 

However books seem to have stood their ground and still be popular (which is a good thing). 
 

I am wondering why do you think this is. I know I prefer a physical book to reading off screen but I can't really identify why. 

[wolf63]

I volunteer in an Oxfam bookshop.  People still read books!  They can be recycled.

I'm using a Kindle just now.  I don't really like using it for reading.

 

[jno]

ichkeria, the one I've bought has a 40x zoom; are there phones that have anything like that?

It might turn out to be expensive rubbish, of course.

[Canary42]

I love books, I've got hundreds.

But I must admit that for reading in bed my Kindle is perfect because I can enlarge the text in order that I can read without my glasses so can safely drop off 😊