Over the top as usual, Luke.
Just as a well-rounded college education includes books, lectures, labs, professors & graduate students & other students, alike, roundtable discussions, audio/visual presentations, field trips and research studies, a well rounded koi education includes books, magazines, wet labs, internet forums, dealers, clubs, mentors, breeders, shows and koi organizations.
Not all students learn, and not all modalities teach, in the same manner; in diversity lies both strength and balance.
Show me someone who hasn't availed themselves of and benefitted from
all the various learning modalities available and I'll show you a person who doesn't have a well-rounded education -- koi or otherwise. And that includes books.
