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Don’t worry… physical books will be around for a very long time.

There’s a lot of talk these days about electronic books and some people question whether paper books will go the way of horse drawn buggies.    It’s not going to happen, for a number of reasons.    Too many people just love the feel of a real book, and they can’t get erased by a low battery or computer failure.    It takes a lot of work to scan a book into an electronic format, and publishers do not find it economically viable to scan ever book out there, hoping that enough people will buy it.

Books with many photos are also tough to put into electronic form.    Countless used books are out there in attics, garages, and cellars, on people’s shelves, etc.    Many people collect books too, and they want a tangible book, not a bunch of bits and bytes.   If you come across any quality used books, be sure to check in with Fatbrain.co.uk to see if it’s on their huge list of desired books.  You’ll be surprised what’s on that list.   They buy over a million titles.