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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I had no qualms about buying new copies of physical books I loved and wore out (or lost), so I fail to see why I should be upset about needing to re-buy the rare ebook I loved enough to want to re-read some day and found I had "lost."
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I have big qualms about buying copies of physical books... the only ones I have left are very large illustrated hardcover editions, some of which are out of print, and go for over €100 on the second hand market nowadays if you want to get a very good or even new old stock copy.
I never loan them to anyone. Heck, I've never loaned anyone a book, DVD, or any other physical media after I did so once (DVD) and got it back two days later, heavily scratched. I wouldn't be able to scratch it like that with sand paper, so I can't imagine what they'd done to it....
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The loss of my entire ebook library wouldn't really trip me up at all. They've all been read already, and there's only a handful I would ever consider re-reading. I won't mind re-buying one of those when the time comes (if I have to). Or I'll grab it from the library.
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That is where we differ.
You go by the premise that you will be able, at any one point, to procure the book you want to read. I go by the premise that I can't (not as an e-book at least, because of DRM), so I _haven't_ read most of my library.
I built my library and backup procedure to survive the digital apocalypse and tide me over until I die
