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Originally Posted by sirmaru
Lord Amazon IS our Backup in the Sky. We need no other since Amazon will outlive all of us.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Brothers
Started in 1850. No one ever thought that was going to collapse and vanish, either.
Obviously, though, if you consider books disposable (watch once and chuck) then you don't care if it even works tomorrow. I've met people like that - and I understand it, in a way - but not everyone is like that.
I re-read A Song of Ice and Fire every time a new book comes out. So I've read Game of Thrones like 5-6 times. I've re-read my favorite authors dozens of times - especially folks like Isaac Asimov that I started reading in high school. Whenever I'm having a rough time in life, I re-read the Farseer Trilogy or re-watch Fellowship of the Ring.
What you need to understand is that some people don't feel that these things are disposable, and that they would like to re-read them down the road - and that your viewpoint is not the only correct one.