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Originally Posted by Tony1988
Yeah I get that. But why are people worried if a novel they bought on an ereader....will still be available to them 20 years later??? It doesn't make sense. 20 years is under a quarter of a lifetime statistically and many people who read ebooks are not spring chickens. I guess if one is 10 years old and wants to read a book again when they are 30. But a ten year old is not thinking about such things and can re-buy the book when they are making their own money.
I like to read novels. Pretty much once I am done with it I don't re-read. If I get a hankering to reread it one day and if I don't have a copy I will re-buy it. But I could only think of maybe at most a dozen books right now that I would maybe do that.
Now if you are doing it for the reasons you state, again I don't think it's a worry if you are older. Do you see yourself looking at your reference library 20 years plus from now?
Again people know the score when buying books on an ereader. They can disappear at any time and probably will disappear as technology advances into the future or companies fall. I for one do not want to continually diddle around with electronically storing old book files, or keeping older outdated devices to manage them. Just not worth my time. If I really really really want to keep a book for the future I will buy a hard copy of it.
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That is one of the healthier attitudes I have seen. Logically, I agree with everything you say. Yet I still back up my books on multiple hard drives
I suppose it is often used as a justification for purchasing books faster than you can read them. "I'll buy the book now, while it's on sale and I'll have time to read it down the road."