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.