Thread: Future proofing: Books vs. eBooks
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Old 04-15-2013, 09:19 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by taustin View Post
Those people aren't going to buy an ebook reader in the first place. And aren't going to be interested in rereading anything in the future, either. Which is to say, people completley unconnected to the issue at hand.
So all ereader owners are techheads? Nope, I don't buy it...

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Originally Posted by taustin
We were talking about converting formats, and you injected that in the middle, with no transition, no indication you were changing the subject. I'll clean my screen if you take a remedial course in english composition.
Please try to keep up with your thesis. You contend that file formats aren't a problem because conversion exists, I note that conversion is in no sense a problem-free process, and you call that changing the subject?

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Originally Posted by taustin
Which "it" are you talking about here? Buying books, or maintaining a library? Because you keep switching back and forth like you don't know the difference.
One must acquire books before one can have a library. Pretending that the two are unrelated - or that some put no more effort into library maintenance than buying books and shoving them onto shelves - is simply wrong.
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