I don't buy the idea that Kindles and Nooks are better for the environment. Yes, they don't cut tress to do print books, but a lot of pollution comes from manufacturing electronic devices.
We know that books can last for over a century if taken care of. I have books that are over 50 years from my father. The library has books that are over 80 years old.
I believe that there's a conspiracy on replacing books for electronic files.
Anything that you read online or on an electronic device can be recorded. If books are destroyed, and replaced completely by electronic files, the government would know everything, and anything that's you've ever read in your life.
Today, I can go to a library and read whatever book I want, and no one has to know what I'm reading unless I borrow the book.
I can buy any book or get any book to read without the government knowing what I'm reading.
If books are banned. We are opening the door to the government having a record of everything and anything we read.
Who guarantees that my electronic files on a computer, a Kindle or a Nook are going to be here after 50 years?
How many decades do those devices work before breaking down?
Who's assures me that the electronic files will be compatible with the technology 50 years from now?
I'm not against having electronic files,
but why do some people support the idea of replacing books with e-files?
См. статью: In an Orwellian society, could books be banned and replaced with Kindles and Nooks?