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thinkpad · 11-14-2010, 04:37 AM

I went to look for something new to read and found a lot of interesting books written everything from 5-30 years back. Almost all of these book is not to be found as e-books.

Why is this?
Is it the publishers that are dragging there feet behind or is the authors sitting on the e-book rights that are not aware of a big new potential market.

I find it frustrating because although new books seems to be digitized right away old books are really lagging behind.

What is happening with Googles digital book project and there ambition to scan and sell every book online?

11-14-2010, 04:37 AM	#1
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Why is backlists taken so long to be turned into e-books? I went to look for something new to read and found a lot of interesting books written everything from 5-30 years back. Almost all of these book is not to be found as e-books. Why is this? Is it the publishers that are dragging there feet behind or is the authors sitting on the e-book rights that are not aware of a big new potential market. I find it frustrating because although new books seems to be digitized right away old books are really lagging behind. What is happening with Googles digital book project and there ambition to scan and sell every book online?