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Originally Posted by rkomar
I don't know if the OP meant the story, or the format of the electronic version itself. We see the formats change all the time as new features are added; and some go through significant changes (e.g. EPUB2 to EPUB3). It's possible that, in fifteen years time, few readers will be able to handle a current ebook in its original form (including DRM encryption). That problem, of course, will be felt as keenly by the original buyer as the second hand one.
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I assumed content meant story, because the op said the
file is not aging but the content is?
It is quite possible few readers will read older formats as has happened with .lrf, .lit already. Same as new computers do not do well with older software. And not that easy to find an 8 track player these days.
It is quite possible that reading with ones eyes or even reading at all will be considered odd some day. And many predictions about the death of ereaders. Maybe the content will be beamed into our brains someday and erased an hour later. Horrifying thought but could happen.
We seem to be living more and more in a disposable, use once and throw away world.