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The nature of personal libraries has changed a lot, even in the past couple of decades. In the past you might come across a book and then never see it again, ev
by aggie 10y ago
The nature of personal libraries has changed a lot, even in the past couple of decades. In the past you might come across a book and then never see it again, even with some effort to find it. Today, just about any book you are interested in can be purchased on demand.
- jacquesm 10y ago> Today, just about any book you are interested in can be purchased on demand. There is a sizeable 'black hole' of books that are still in copyright but that are not available digitally or in print. Your only chance for those is flea markets and second hand stores and those are offering fewer and fewer books as well. I would not be surprised if after the whole digitization has run its course that we end up with a large gaping hole in our records.
- CamperBob2 10y agoI comfort myself with the assumption that companies like Google and Amazon have at least digitized everything they can put their hands on, even if they can't release it. Eventually copyright law will either go away entirely or catch up with reality, and much knowledge that's hidden and presumed lost will be universally available.