Prints are dying, Digital is taking over.
Prints are dying, Digital is taking over.
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Both are useful, for different reasons. Paper lasts quite a long time if cared for, needs no power, and will never suffer file formatting errors. We can still read old Guttenberg Bibles today. By contrast, try finding a computer that will open a file from pre 1995 software. You have any Quark or Word Perfect 1.0 files? The problem is particularly bad in the sciences, when lab analysis software gets updated.
On the other hand, a Kindle full of books is much easier to carry around.
- That's more of an administrative problem. Digital files, cared for, will still be perfect in millions of years.ribit