Who cares about Books?

The essay, Who Cares About Book? by Darius Himes is focused on photography books. He views books as an important part of history, specially in regards to photography. He says in the essay that we are now entering a new golden age of photo books. With devices such as blurb we skip the editing and publishing process and put the artist in control of the development and make of the book. Books provide a tangible way to share artwork from those across the world and to those who wouldn't initially go to a gallery. A book also allows you to tell a story in a very different context than that of a gallery. I personally found this article very interesting being that it is extremely relevant to the work we are doing at this particular moment in the class. I know when I was looking for books for our previous assignment that there is a connection to a book that there isn't to a computer screen. The question was addressed in the reading but I'm curious what others think of whether photography books will be a thing of the past due to the accessibility of internet or if they will remain an important aspect of the photography world.