Personally, I like the binder method the best. I like to look through them for instant inspiration. Unless you are really diligent doing the scanning and sorting and storing, you will never see or look at them again. I pull my books out and everything is right there to compare side by side. When they are "stored" you can't look at several at one time to use for picking and choosing.
recipes are the same way. They are right there in my kitchen. Opening and closing files on the PC is just not the same and takes more time, IMHO. I am sure there are more PC savvy people out there that love storing everything on their PC and it works well for them. I think I am old school. I like maps too, LOL.