It is true that the literary connection with the James Bond novels is, and ever shall be, more complete than any film company’s lavish production, of the screenplay, derived from the novel.
I own the Penguin Book Company Centenary celebration of publication of the Ian Fleming novels, complete with ‘pulp’ covers, circa 2008. I’ve traveled a lot until a few years ago, and these were on my “library-building list”.
I started reading them, after purchasing them from a drug store on the way home from junior high school, in 1967.
I still find reading a real book, without the aid of electronics and insufficient battery power, always more enjoyable.