Paper books can however be "shut off" by a fire, by being misplaced, by a flood, by theft, by a mischievous child or pet. In contrast, an e-book linked to a us

Paper books can however be "shut off" by a fire, by being misplaced, by a flood, by theft, by a mischievous child or pet. In contrast, an e-book linked to a user account is immune to all of those. If the idea of losing access to some data is the "most grotesque and awful thing" the author can imagine, I suggest the author read some more imaginative books.