Re: From The New Yorker: Reader, I Googled It

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 > From: heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 > Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:36:25 -0700
 >
 > Good “read » — thoughtful piece
 > 
 > Reader, I Googled It
 > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/reader-i-googled-it

I'm surprised that there was no mention of digital rights management in
this article.  I.e., the fact that nobody who has an e-book actually owns
their book; they only own a right to read it, and that can be taken away
at a moment's notice.

The great thing about physical books is that they can go viral.  That is,
they can be lent, borrowed, and shared, unlike e-books (and e-journals and
e-magazines, too).

I always try to get paper if given a choice.  Unfortunately, publishers
keep getting rid of the paper versions of things and only end up offering
electronic versions.  (A number of magazines I subscribe to have gone this
way.)

(Incidentally, I also always try to get paper versions of statements and
bills mailed to me, as a back-up to when we lose electricity for days due
to an earthquake, cyberattack, nuclear war, whatever.)