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Originally Posted by issybird
No one needs digital books.
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I know what you mean and it's generally true, though some schools only use digital texts and iPads now, but it's all paid for.
There are maybe 10,000 to 50,000 very readable public domain ebooks for those that want to give free copies, or get free copies, out of just Project Gutenberg's 70,000 ebooks. Other legitimate sources exist, depending on your country.
More than most people read in a lifetime.
Also in many countries you only need an iOS or Android app to borrow from the local Library. Our library is free to residents.
But the modern Human Era is about 12,000 years (first trace of villages) with writing at least for about 5,500 years. Digital format books are only about 50 years old and the paper ones are still available. Because they are physical good, they can be given to a charity shop and sold as low as 25c. But you can't make a copy of of a copyright paper book and loan it (which is now affordable technology), only loan the original.
Support the poor authors, let people buy their own copyright books if they want contemporary fiction or text books.