Books go out of print too - maybe the e-form is <i>more</i> reliable in that regard.<p>And sure we&#x27;re not quite there yet - the entire library of congress isn&#x27;t online yet. But we all imagine its going to end up there, no contest.<p>The real issue is, does e-book loss (losing rights) compare unfavorably with real book loss (loaned out and forgotten; burned or discarded; degraded to unusability)?