I have hundreds of thousands of books in old electronic versions as originally published, plus a whole library with a lot of the greats, Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and more.
I started collecting over 50 years ago. The original reason was that I thought I would be old and poor on Social Security, and I would need reading material. I had no idea back then that so much material could be gotten for free on computers. In the early 70s, I went to used book stores and bought the classics. That's when I bought Shakespeare, Tacitus, Plato, and more.
I agree wholeheartedly. If anyone upholds knowledge and art, they should never fall in love with the most ephemeral media of expression and record. There is nothing more transient than an electron.
I'd much rather have real books. I have photocopied reference works in the past, but when they have become available in print again, I have purchased them. I have printed out some of the more interesting electronic books. I have a coil binder, box of large coils, and front and back plastic covers so I can put them on my bookshelf cheap.
I can't participate in doxing. Sorry. If things become more dire, I may distribute non-copyrighted classics and more useful nonfiction works somehow. A lot of those are on Archive anyway. The person who put most of the newer books online was arrested, so I can't consider duplicating what he did.
I have hundreds of thousands of books in old electronic versions as originally published, plus a whole library with a lot of the greats, Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and more.
Neat.
I started collecting over 50 years ago. The original reason was that I thought I would be old and poor on Social Security, and I would need reading material. I had no idea back then that so much material could be gotten for free on computers. In the early 70s, I went to used book stores and bought the classics. That's when I bought Shakespeare, Tacitus, Plato, and more.
I agree wholeheartedly. If anyone upholds knowledge and art, they should never fall in love with the most ephemeral media of expression and record. There is nothing more transient than an electron.
I'd much rather have real books. I have photocopied reference works in the past, but when they have become available in print again, I have purchased them. I have printed out some of the more interesting electronic books. I have a coil binder, box of large coils, and front and back plastic covers so I can put them on my bookshelf cheap.
DM.
I can't participate in doxing. Sorry. If things become more dire, I may distribute non-copyrighted classics and more useful nonfiction works somehow. A lot of those are on Archive anyway. The person who put most of the newer books online was arrested, so I can't consider duplicating what he did.