Yes, but there is a cost to track down and remove the electronic files. Even if you automate it (say a database query of "last bought greater then 5 years ago"), that automation still requires a human element to program and the results need to be verified. It's probably a lot more cost effective to just leave it be then to track down the ebooks then to track them down and then verify that they should be removed. Wouldn't want to go deleting "Magician's End" two weeks after it's published because "Magician Send" is a close enough match for the automated cleanup algorithm.
Ben On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course, given the growth in storage capacity being brought about by >> nanotechnologies, graphene and other such materials, and the proportionally >> reducing amount of data that it will take to store books, it is conceivable >> that all (future) books will be available, if not for immediate purchase, >> for retrieval from a library archive. I know that the British Library has a >> long running digitisation and archiving project, although some past texts >> and recordings are just too old and fragile to be converted, and it is >> likely that eventually these will be lost forever. > > > You miss the point, as techno types often do. There's a business model that > must be considered. Even if it's SUPER cheap, it's still a cost, and if > you're not making money, dump the cost. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > >
