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Gannett · 10-11-2010, 12:16 AM

I own hundreds of old paperbacks, mainly British mystery and science fiction from between the 50s to the 70s, and I would guess most are out of print. I wonder whether there would be any interest in converting some of these to electronic formats.

I have converted one book, and am beginning another conversion. I enjoy doing it, it's more time-consuming than difficult.

Most of the books are in copyright, so I wouldn't be able to offer them for free. Does anyone think it would be worth offering these to rights holders to see if there would be any interest there? If ther were, would they be likely to buy the ebook? How should I approach the rights holders? Would it be worth approaching ebook retailers like Amazon with electronic versions of out-of-print books?

10-11-2010, 12:16 AM	#1
Gannett Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	Electronic versions of out-of-print paperbacks I own hundreds of old paperbacks, mainly British mystery and science fiction from between the 50s to the 70s, and I would guess most are out of print. I wonder whether there would be any interest in converting some of these to electronic formats. I have converted one book, and am beginning another conversion. I enjoy doing it, it's more time-consuming than difficult. Most of the books are in copyright, so I wouldn't be able to offer them for free. Does anyone think it would be worth offering these to rights holders to see if there would be any interest there? If ther were, would they be likely to buy the ebook? How should I approach the rights holders? Would it be worth approaching ebook retailers like Amazon with electronic versions of out-of-print books?