Hmm. I think there's a difference between societal preservation of a work versus personal preservation of a work.
An individual is more likely to lose content in various transient formats (especially with DRM). We just don't back up well, and it's often easier to lose track of a file than a paper book.
But at the big-picture level, digital preservation is much easier than preserving a paper book, and content owners are probably going to be very careful to protect content with backups (which are easily done with e-books as opposed to paper). Even in the worst case scenario, it can be recovered from others that have a copy, so complete loss these days should be less than in paper-only days like kovidgoyal has argued.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
'Tain't funny, McGee!
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BTW, I have to admit, Steve, that I find the situation with your e-books in contrast to your wife's work in publishing to be quite amusing also! Even if it is at your expense...sorry!
