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Old 08-01-2010, 02:19 PM   #4
Graham
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I'm not so sure about that. A large proportion of hardbacks are, I'd imagine, bought by people who buy them to keep, whereas paperbacks are more "read and throw away" items. I can see eBooks matching more the "disposable" idea of paperback myself.
I agree, and a world where I had bookshelves of treasured hardbacks with a vast library available as eBooks to replace my paperbacks would be rather nice.

I wonder if that's where we'll end up, with well-bound, well-printed books making a bit of a comeback?

Depends on those youngsters that seem to be all over the place these days, I guess.

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