Thread: Ebook archive in case of the apocalypse?
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Old 08-14-2010, 11:42 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by livingenzyme View Post
Electronic forms can last a hell of a lot longer in storage than paper copies.
Do you really think so?

We have many manuscripts that are 1000 years old. Let me ask you a question: how, and in what format, would you store an ebook such that you could be confident of it being readable in 1000 years' time?
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