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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
No... the idea is to move forward; not to hang onto a dying format. Physical books shouldn't be propped up; they should be allowed to die.
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I disagree. Although I often prefer ebooks, especially of books that I plan to read once then discard, there are many books that I buy in hardcover and would want to continue to buy in hardcover. If also given the ebook version when I bought the hardcover version, depending on the book, I would probably read the ebook version and just put the hardcover in my library for the moment. But if my choice is to pay for both an ebook and a hardcover, I'll buy just the hardcover and read that.
eBooks are great for novels; they are not so great for footnoted or heavily illustrated nonfiction.
eBooks are not necessarily a move forward. I view them as more of a lateral move than a forward move.