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Unless you’re reading a book on carpentry, farming or a Chilton’s guide to your 1998 Chevy Lumina. Books, the paper kind, ARE HERE TO STAY.

Actually, acid-based paper is not very durable. Check out a fifty-year old paperback and see how brittle are the pages. True, it can be archived, but it takes some expertise.

All that said, I myself LOVE books. Here I sit in my home office surrounded by shelves and boxes overflowing with books. I have a Nat Geo collection that goes back to about 1939.

I posted the article for discussion and debate purposes. It has done that, LOL!

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How are those fifty year old electronics holding up?

I’ve considered digital books, but I prefer paper.
Like you, I like to be surrounded by them.
My next house will have a dedicated library.
No phone, no PC, no TV or radio.