No it can't. Constant bombardment of radiation from space will wipe it clean in time. Books can last hundreds of years. You can share books with others, hand it down to kids, leave it in a coffee shop for someone else to read. Publishing companies retain copyright, that's all they care about they hate books, they rather you use kindle. Then they can charge over and over again each time someone reads it and don't have expense of printing books. They don't want people sharing books and reading for free. You are helping destroy a good thing and giving more power to corps for sake of convenience by giving in to the kindle/nook push.