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I’m also in the minority camp of mostly not bothering to download and strip anymore, but unlike DiapDealer, I do have a large library of unread books. However, years after the grand shakeout, my library now mainly consists of Kobo and Amazon books and in the worst case scenario, it could mostly be reconstituted. The biggest issue going forward would be if I could no longer de-DRM Kindle purchases to read on my Kobos which is essentially the only time I still bother, but it also wouldn’t kill me to read my Kindle books on an app. A minor nuisance and a risk worth not having to spend the time on maintaining a perfectly curated Calibre library.
And, I’ve come to the point where I’m no longer worried about accessing books to read. My regrets are more in regard to the paper library I’ve augmented and carted around for decades, where I’ll never read most of the books again. The books have degraded, the print is too small, they no longer appeal - or I’ve replaced the best-loveds with a digital copy at that. It took decades, but I’ve finally internalized the lesson of not being too invested in maintaining a library.
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