Thread: Why do many e-books cost more than paperback?
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Old 06-26-2007, 10:44 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post
See! This reasoning is something I look on as a flaw. If it's so easy to change standards and languages, how are we to keep a durable one? That is what we need, something that will stand the test of time like alphabet!
We do have an alphabet that will stand the test of time. It's called Unicode.

Any ebook that is being archived should really be saved as a simple txt file. That's what I do. Well, actually, I archive my stuff in Ascii txt. I really should switch over.
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