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Originally Posted by Sonny Blount
As a comparison to the current situation of paper books giving way to electronic books, I think observing how quickly our libraries of other media have transfered to newer formats offers some insight into how quickly the paper to ebook shift is likely to occur.
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It's not really comparable though, is it? I can't take my existing books and move them to a digital format and still be able to use those books. I'm not interested in repurchasing some of my collection, and the parts I do want to shift seem to not be available in digital format.
I buy CDs exclusively. I bought my first CD about 20 years ago and for the last 15 years, they have been ripped to the mp3 format. I listen to the CDs themselves more often than I listen to those mp3s. I do use my iPod enough to justify having them converted, but I find it more convenient to listen to the CDs themselves than to program the iPod.
I honestly can't see what one has to do with the other. If mp3s were independent from CDs, like ebooks are from paper books, I'm sure I wouldn't have any mp3 files at all.