Post 2: What is a book?

A book is an escape. For many people, like Joe Meno says, having a book to come back to is a personal need. For the author and the reader, a book is a creative outlet in which to lose yourself. People need creativity in their lives, for without it the world would not be what it is. We would not have any technological or industrial advances. We would not have inventors, actors, doctors, bakers, athletes, or car salesmen. Virtually any profession would be mute without creativity. And without creativity we would not have books. Books live and breathe off imagination and offer a home away from home for so many  millions of people. In any format, books and stories can sweep readers away to another world, whether it be with a kindle, a nook or some other form of reading through the use of technology.  However, I do believe holding an actual book in one's hands offers a sort of comfort, and makes the whole appreciation of the author's creative process more real. It isn’t silly for people to want to collect books, to hold them in their hands, to be excited when a favorite author releases a new novel. A book is a thing of beauty, carefully crafted and thought out, painstakingly cared for by an author that offers themself completely to it. People will never not need the creative escape that books provide for them. Personally, when I'm upset, grabbing a good book to read is often a way for me cope.  I assume this could be true for many people and I honestly don't believe that books will ever be completely eliminated from society. Simply because we need them too much.