Prints are dying, Digital is taking over.
Prints are dying, Digital is taking over.
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As reliable as paper?
There's no need to backup digital books. Fireproof storage and such aside: you can always re-download.
Note on reliability: consider how many books, family photos and whatnot you would have to lug out of the possibility of that burning building. What more: paper fades.
- re-download, pay again. If the license is still available. In a format compatible with your iKindle.i_monk
- Burn: pay again. If the book is not out of print.Peter
- Different format...if text and photos isn't recoverable or convertible on future devices - Ill be damn.Peter
- More reliability: your books, photos come with you. Either in the device or on a cloudserver.Peter
- I refuse to pay for the same content on different formats, or to access stuff I "own".i_monk
- You mean like DVD, Bluray and VHS?DrBombay
- Or do you mean like cassette, vinyl and CD?DrBombay
- You think I own any Blurays? Tape/CD dupes? I don't.i_monk