chapotraphouse

Sure, you also have to have the same words in the same order in the same font in the same color in the same pattern on the page. That's what I meant though, the meaning does not come from the literal paper the book is made of - even an ebook has the same meaning as a paperback. Not everyone likes ebooks, of course, so for them they get a reprint of the old book.

And I do not think a "reprinted" person, made of meat with all the same stuff in their brain, is any different than the original. At the very least, my clone and I will certainly agree about this. I wouldn't make the decision for anyone else, but for my collective selves we will happily be replaced.

This attachment to the original body is sentimental imo. That doesn't make it meaningless, but if it's a choice between being a clone or being nothing? I'll take a clone body please.