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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
I think that public libraries will be among the first to dump them. They don't have the money to maintain the purchases and shelf space. You'll have to go to private collectors (and there are lots of book hoarders) to find print books.
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I don't think so. Public libraries tend to support old formats longer than many other places. Libraries that circulated AV clung to music cassettes, LPs, etc. much longer than most people would have thought. They will expand their digital collections but it's going to take time.
On the other hand certain private/academic libraries have already ditched print in favor of digital.