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Originally Posted by Kilarney
One other thought...
Technology is always changing. The file you have now, while readable in the future, won't be terribly appealing in the future.
For example, in today's world, what good is a bunch of TXT documents? Do you really want to go through the hassle of converting them all? Even if you do, they won't look as good as documents created specifically for LRF, PDF, etc.
My point is that technology will change. Better e-book formats will be created. You'll just want to get that new format down the road. So don't worry about archiving today's content. Treat an e-reader as a "here and now" device - nothing more.
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The benefit of text (or HTML, or RTF) as an
archival format is precisely that technology does indeed change. I don't know what I'll be reading my eBooks on in 10 years time, but whatever it is, it's a pretty safe bet that I'll be able to either read txt/html/rtf directly on it, or else easily convert them to whatever format my unknown future device does use.
LRF/PRC etc are good
reading formats, but as closed, proprietory formats they aren't a good choice for long-term archival.