A Book is like .. a non-volatile, stable database that does not lose data no matter how many times you drop it, spill your
beer on it, or close it incorrectly. Books are more stable
even than Optical Media. Storage is only limited by the amount of space and volume that the owner can physically
carry. Some storage units seem to last for years, and whilst the background colour or 'fill' of the pages may degrade to a kind of #F5F5DC
beige, the actual data is still readily retrievable.
Books were used for storage before computers. The only reason computers were invented was due to the
poor fire retardant properties of the
base materials used in the manufacture of books (especially those books used to upset the tribal elders of religious groups) and because books were easy to steal data from. Books have also been used to store ideas for Movies That No-one Has Made
Yet.