Thread: Which format is best for long-term storage?
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Old 07-26-2014, 09:06 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by DrNefario View Post
The format you first obtained the book in will be the most authentic. A conversion isn't necessarily going to keep everything it should.

Paper is the only format with a proven lifetime of more than, let's say, 20 years. OK, maybe there are some plain text data files that have been around for 50 or 60 years, but I definitely have paper books older than that.
That's why I said if they are not originally in ePub, convert to ePub and keep both the ePub and the source format.
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