I love books. Maybe too much.
After college, I got so tired of moving books I pretty much stopped buying them*. I became a super user of the library. But the exception was cookbooks. In my home, I have many books shelves and some even have books on them. But all my cookbooks stayed on a shelf in the kitchen
A lot of those cookbooks got given away during my transition to veganism. And I resisted the temptation to buy vegan cookbooks. I did take some out of the library. cookbooks in e-book form are readily available and for the most part free. And don't take up valuable shelf space. Also, it seems with every new device I buy they give you an ebook of recipes. ( I also keep the manuals and other stuff they give you with new devices on the cookbook shelf). many of my favorite youtube chefs have given away ebooks.
But even the e-books have fallen by the wayside. Now if I want to know something, my first stop is Google. For instance, just recently someone suggested I blanch carrots before freezing them. I didn't know exactly how to do this - so I googled it. If you want to know the best way to stir fry, just google it. You'll probably even get a video.
The days of me keeping recipes on 3x5s, xerox copies from books or printed e-mails I got from friends, family and co-workers are pretty much over. There might be something to be said for flipping thru a cookbook looking for something special. But with tools like CopyMeThat and Pinterest you don't really need to do that anymore either.
*Helpful hint. the best way to move books is by tying them up with twine. Boxes or books are too heavy and also they rarely fit together well.