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Originally Posted by murraypaul
I have a number of books from the early 20th century, and some from the mid to late 19th century. They are still perfectly readable, and I see no reason why they shouldn't remain so for another 100-150 years. Much better chance than that ebooks made now will be easily readable then.
As long as you keep them dry, paper books can be stored more or less indefinitely.
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Older high quality books used an acid free paper. Newer and/or cheaper books have acid remaining in the paper from the pulping process and will deteriorate over time.