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Originally Posted by anacreon
I'm not worried about technology - I already went from 78 rpms to 45/33 to cds to mp3. I heard laments at the beginning of cds, but it gave us much more choice and convenience.
To go back to the start of your post: I'm 67 years old and I hope I'll have my reference library and my novels if I reach 87, which is statistically very possible, and electronics will allow me to have it even in an eventual retirement home (frankly that was a preoccupation before).
I'm a rereader, a species more common than you seem to think - I even have several books about rereading. And a reference library is not something I'll want to access in 20 or 30 years, it is something I access quite frequently, for instance a poem, a quote from Shakespeare or the bible, but also the beginning of a series or whatever.
The beauty of electronics is it gives us more choices and more answers for "paper" problems. I would hate if it eliminated paper - I do want the choice.
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Sure. But still if people do want a permanent copy of their stuff for I truly do not think an ereader is the answer. There is just too many variables between companies (at least for me) to deal with. It's mainly the reason I pretty much just read books for enjoyment. If I need to reference something I just look online for the info or go out and buy the manual. For example if I wanted to learn to play an instrument, paper would be the way to go. Also easier to read and music from paper. But again we all want if for various reasons I suppose. But I don't think people should get too wound up if they lose their books over time. Some have thousands on their ereaders. More than they could read in a lifetime.
Reminds me of when DVDs first came out. So many people started these HUGE collection. They felt they would last their whole lives. I had friends who bought so many they are still in shrink wrap today. Blu Ray came along yet DVDs still worked perfectly fine with the TV's and players. Now 4k is here and Blu rays play fine on the 4k TV's but standard DVDs look like crap. So those DVDs will be useless once everything goes 4k. Blu Ray will be next if we get 8k. So I guess the moral when it concerns tech is don't overdo it and realize most becomes obsolete eventually