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Originally Posted by Tarana
Tubemonkey, I get your reasoning. Truly, there is no shortage of books in eversions. However, keep in mind that digital only may mean that you will miss out on many gems because they are orphan books - likely never to be published in eversion because there is no clear copyright ownership due to either the death of the author or the demise of the publisher (who owned the rights).
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I'm aware that I'll miss books that I'd otherwise like; but there's so much out there in digital form that I do like, that I'll never read even those in a lifetime. So I don't feel deprived.
As to orphan works, I'm all in favor of changing the copyright laws to allow their publication. Publish notice that the owner has x amount of time to come forward or the book goes into public domain.