QUOTE(Troika @ Nov 15 2005, 01:29 PM)
...so instead they are all transcribed versions, and The Librarian has an even more secret location where the originals are kept... Thus making sure that the value of the books needn't be too high, as they are copies, and making sure we don't need to put in too many security features...
Heh...the simple, "less work for us" answer...I like it.
After all, the reason we founded this Library is so this knowledge that would otherwise be lost can be circulated to future generations instead. If someone wants to take a book out into the world and share it with others, they're welcome to do so if they can avoid the execution block with it. ;) We'll just make a new copy.