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You think 15 years is good you should see the lifetime of books. Some work for hundreds of years!
by NelsonMinar 5y ago
You think 15 years is good you should see the lifetime of books. Some work for hundreds of years!
- 43920 5y agoWell, yes, that is true :)
- cromka 5y ago> Some work for hundreds of years! Yeah, but you don't really have access to them!
- biofox 5y agoWhy not? Obviously there aren't many titles, but I imagine most independent book sellers have at least some antique books, and you can always apply for a reader's pass to the local public museum or university library, which will be sure to have some. If you expand your definition of "book", there's also the public records office.
- hansel_der 5y agowhy not? most libraries even mail them to you
- gwbas1c 5y agoI doubt most paperbacks printed in the past 100 years will last that long, or can withstand repeated reading for a millennium. (I've replaced enough paperback children's books!) FWIW: I prefer the backlight on a tablet to paper so much that I'll re-buy a book on Kindle even if I have the print copy.
- hansel_der 5y agochildrens books and softcovers obviously excluded
- dannyw 5y agoSure, but also, there's the convenience of getting a book electronically delivered to you in seconds; and the ability to carry hundreds of books with you as you travel.