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They will be there forever because there would be nothing to be gained by removing them, but after they realise they're just wasting their time they will stop adding more to the pile.
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Pretty sure many will disappear through attrition. Retail outlets such as Amazon will eventually, if they haven't already require the author/distributer to renew the terms and no-one in their right mind would agree to have their book(s) distributed free forever and if they did it might be an illegal contract.
The internet is not a static entity where everything is written in stone. I am amazed at the things that disappear as well as the things that remain. History is being rewritten, things are censored in different ways, so how can an ebook that no-one wishes to read hope to remain. I am sure that some will, but the majority will disappear into obscurity.
Helen