/tags/inheritance/ Recent bookmarks tagged #inheritance Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:56 +0000 http://www.npr.org/2012/06/21/155360197/will-your-children-inherit-your-e-books What happens to our books when we die? Many books disappear before we do, of course; they fall apart, or we put them out on the stoop for scavengers. A book like this one, however — a text that is still read and reprinted, that has played a notable role in the 20th-century imagination, and then a copy of the text that played an especially interesting role — is likely to be passed down carefully as long as we can preserve and recognize it. Like the Bibles some families use to record their histories, it traces a chain of readers through time.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #archives #books #ebook #imported:pinboard #inheritance #to:fb</p> Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:45:56 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:22269 archives books ebook imported:pinboard inheritance to:fb