Are reading books really worth it?

[Matt DuSold]

So I have a few books I bought to further my education. When I read the first two I really learned nothing more then what I learned on this forum. So my question is:

Are reading books any better then reading everything on this site? If so which books are they?

I guess its a credit to this site more so than a knock to the books but I don't want to be spending money on books and hours reading them when I can read it on here in a much shorter time and of course for free.