It only seems like we’ve always had them because most people want books from this century. The further back you go the harder it is to find any type of book, ev

It only seems like we’ve always had them because most people want books from this century. The further back you go the harder it is to find any type of book, even mass produced dime novels, because a lot of them have rotted away. If you actually want books to last a long time, they must be stored under controlled conditions by an actual archivist.