Doesn't a song still have value? In the listening? Isn;t that why Spotify has done so well?
You'd still be able to here, in fact in a much easier way - hyperlinks between codices, rulebooks, scenarios and army lists would make jumping around the system as enjoyable as doing it in Wikipedia (except much better written)
I have, and forgive me for sounding like I'm showing off but you sound a kindred spirit - every 40K rulebook, every 40K book published since 1987, I have lost & the damned, slaves to darkness, I have all 12 Imperial Armour books - I am a very, very big print fan. Oh and I have 2,000 novels in paperback and hardback, an entire set of hardback Discworld novels even.
But - when I got an ipad3, with the fantastic screen, I fell in love with digital downloads of books. I'd still buy paper copies of novels but the reading experience is fantastic and combining all the advantages (linking between books, always up to date, added features, buy as you need etc.) I can see this thing being a real winner.
Basically I am beginning to realise that I am not selling this as well as I could, that in itself is a huge thing to learn because as I mentioned, I'm doing this to get better at my job and if I'm not getting the enthusiasm I feel, front he people I tell (about 20% of people "get it") then I am failing - must try harder
Describing a bleeding edge, future proofed web app with advanced social interaction and data manipulation is hard, I think I might need some graphics to go with it