Actually, both apply to me! Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: StephenB<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 30/04/2013 09:16 To: feistfans-l<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: ebooks out of..... print?
I'm a techie type, not techno. I don't dance! :) -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Feist Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:29 AM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: ebooks out of..... print? On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, given the growth in storage capacity being brought about by > nanotechnologies, graphene and other such materials, and the > proportionally reducing amount of data that it will take to store books, > it is conceivable that all (future) books will be available, if not for > immediate purchase, for retrieval from a library archive. I know that the > British Library has a long running digitisation and archiving project, > although some past texts and recordings are just too old and fragile to be > converted, and it is likely that eventually these will be lost forever. You miss the point, as techno types often do. There's a business model that must be considered. Even if it's SUPER cheap, it's still a cost, and if you're not making money, dump the cost. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com<http://www.crydee.com> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
