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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
And as for backing up ... I don't re-read that much. So in several years if there's something I'm ready to re-read and my retail DRMed copy will no longer work, there's always the library (e or p). And if worse comes to worse, I don't really mind rebuying favorite works from favorite authors if I absolutely have to. I repurchased all kinds of paper books that I lent out out to the wrong people, or just plain wore out over the years. *shrug*
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Yup. And I'll add two additional comments. At this point, most of my purchases come from either Kobo or Amazon. I'm not worried that either is going to shut its doors overnight, and certainly not until far in the future and with lots of notice (at which point I'd take a hard look at my libraries and download a very small percentage of them).
And re paper books: I think of all the books I've owned for decades, in many cases moved from one coast to the other and back again at great cost of time, exertion and expense, and why? The vast majority have never been reread. Now, many have deteriorated, certainly the print has gotten smaller and I'm very unlikely to reread more than a handful as I prefer ebooks anyway. All that effort and they're just gathering dust as I slowly dispose of them as I should have years ago. And who's to say what changes will take place that will render my current ebook library obsolete? The one thing I really don't worry about is that there will be books to read, so long as I'm able to read them.