My son (12) thinks both apply to me ;-)
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) < [email protected]> wrote: > Actually, both apply to me! > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ------------------------------ > From: StephenB <[email protected]> > Sent: 30/04/2013 09:16 > > To: feistfans-l <[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 > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > >
