Julia Hengstler

In this way, epubs can be more like "good" literature who had "hidden" Easter eggs like symbolism, allusion, metaphor, etc.

Here are the results on my poll re. book metaphor & epubs:

I think that those loses occur because the data is not replicated & dispersed. How much effort & cost does it take to duplicate data? It's marginal. A few years back I had a catastrophic computer failure--lost the final version of my Thesis per-UMI submission. Thankfully, I shared copies with several friends & colleagues--a few fired a copy back to me. Imagine the value in a important book or manuscript where only 1 copy exists? Julia

I think that those loses occur because the data is not replicated & dispersed. How much effort & cost does it take to duplicate data? It's marginal. A few years back I had a catastrophic computer failure--lost the final version of my Thesis per-UMI submission. Thankfully, I shared copies with several friends & colleagues--a few fired a copy back to me. Imagine the value in a important book or manuscript where only 1 copy exists? Julia

I would argue permanence: think fire at library in Alexandria. Only security our books have over that form is that the printing press ensured various copies stored at various locations. I think that the capability of replication & distribution is far greater with digital formats. Julia