I was also surprised - happily - to find that one can find books (epub and pdf) here. I discovered that through social media. At least, there is one benefit to it. So, I ended up buying a book.
When you said "I know other people might not agree with me" have you seen/encountered that here?
I think it is nice to have games and books on the same platform.
I agree with your sentiment regarding books here on Itchio. I know some people who think Itch should be more gameplay and video-game focused. I did not mean to imply there was some sort of stigma against posting books and text-based works on this site. I have never had a negative interaction based on that haha I was just describing that many people wouldn't not even think about posting something like a book on the site.
