So well articulated! I am on this same journey. Both away from digital content for the media that is most at risk and by connection the building of the physical library I never had and undervalued when younger.
I look forward to seeing your collection grow and for a future piece on magazines as I’ve been moving in that direction as well.
There was a time when I would have called someone writing something like this paranoid, but honestly it seems likely to me at this point, at least in the US. The magazines are a bit of nostalgia, but for the same reason. Virginia requires age verification now to view most commercial adult websites. I have kids, I understand wanting to protect them from things, but not at the cost of denying to everyone.
Great point Dennis, you can do that and then read them on any device. I at least, had never done it and had 100s of titles. You can also buy ebooks from other sources and email them to your Kindle. I think though, once you are bought into an ecosystem like Amazon (and even Apple), it’s easy to just assume it will always be there. I’m on my 7th Kindle and have lost at least 2 books that I know of. I’m not implying something sinister happened, but you can see how easy it would be.
So well articulated! I am on this same journey. Both away from digital content for the media that is most at risk and by connection the building of the physical library I never had and undervalued when younger.
I look forward to seeing your collection grow and for a future piece on magazines as I’ve been moving in that direction as well.
There was a time when I would have called someone writing something like this paranoid, but honestly it seems likely to me at this point, at least in the US. The magazines are a bit of nostalgia, but for the same reason. Virginia requires age verification now to view most commercial adult websites. I have kids, I understand wanting to protect them from things, but not at the cost of denying to everyone.
Great point Dennis, you can do that and then read them on any device. I at least, had never done it and had 100s of titles. You can also buy ebooks from other sources and email them to your Kindle. I think though, once you are bought into an ecosystem like Amazon (and even Apple), it’s easy to just assume it will always be there. I’m on my 7th Kindle and have lost at least 2 books that I know of. I’m not implying something sinister happened, but you can see how easy it would be.