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Re:When Microsoft's eBook store closes, your books disappear... by Myrmornis on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:27AM (#19580478)
That they have a much higher density of information per kilogram than paper books.
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Re:When Microsoft's eBook store closes, your books disappear... by wlll on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:40AM (#19582969)
That's not "the point" of ebooks, it's just one attribute they have.

I'm well aware that you can fit lots of ebooks in one device, but so far I've not been particularly limited by the information density of regular books.

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Re:When Microsoft's eBook store closes, your books disappear... by Myrmornis on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:30AM (#19612292)
No, ok, fair enough, but it’s pretty easy to imagine scenarios where the information density makes a difference. Any working trip away from your home/office bookshelves, for example.
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