This horrifies me

[ellid]

Cushing Academy discards all its library books and goes completely digital.

Yes, the future is digital - but what about the books that haven't been digitized? And what about the students? Did they ask for this?

And the ultimate question: what happens if the servers are wiped? Or the technology is superseded? Cushing Academy won't have any paper backups, and where will they be then?

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[harpnfiddle.livejournal.com]

I like reading books in my hand. Most lg paperbacks fit in my new purse (thanks alphasarah) so I can read in the Dr's office while waiting for my mother. The Kindle is way outside my pricerange, and the books for it are not cheap. I buy used books, mostly. I listen to audiobooks in my car that my D-I-L has put on our family intranet and I download onto CD. The books I buy new are craft and art books. Those are VERY hard to read on the computer.