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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
And, of course, what will happen to our precious ebooks when we get hit by a massive Electromagnetic Pulse. Or when electricity becomes a luxury (although I have a solar charger, so this may not be as much of a problem as it seems). Of course, there is the problem of inheritance. I guess I could leave a note that my ebooks are backed up on so and so devices. In all seriousness, I do think that a shift to digital consumption of literature will have long reaching effects that have not been thoroughly thought out.
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Somehow, I don't think finding something to read will be our biggest problem at that point. As it happens, I still buy print books, too. I just don't print them out myself. Many books I want still aren't being digitized.
Once I die, I won't care what happens to my books.