No Ebook Version

seagull · 12-11-2009, 04:00 PM

When a title is not available in a digital format and the publisher has "no plans" to make it available what do you do? Do you just buy a paper version and read it or do you scan it and use OCR software or what? I'm just puzzled at what to do, I really don't want to keep buying paper books but it looks like I'll have no choice for some.

rcuadro · 12-11-2009, 04:17 PM

To be honest I look in alternate places for the book. The internet is a wonderful thing and there are fans out there that take great care in generating eBooks. The Harry Potter series is a good example

Lemurion · 12-11-2009, 04:47 PM

I don't think of ebooks as fundamentally different than other formats such as hardcover or paperback, so I react the same way as I did years ago. When I was still buying mass market paperbacks and the book I wanted wasn't in paperback I'd either buy a different book or buy it in a different format.

Now that I have a Reader, I no longer buy mass market paperbacks, so if a publisher doesn't sell what I'm willing to buy they don't get my money. (If I really want something that's not on the buy new in hardcover list - a very short list - I will usually try to get a used copy in hardcover.)

12-11-2009, 04:00 PM	#1
seagull Addict Posts: 247 Karma: 89950 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 2	No Ebook Version When a title is not available in a digital format and the publisher has "no plans" to make it available what do you do? Do you just buy a paper version and read it or do you scan it and use OCR software or what? I'm just puzzled at what to do, I really don't want to keep buying paper books but it looks like I'll have no choice for some.

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12-11-2009, 04:17 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	To be honest I look in alternate places for the book. The internet is a wonderful thing and there are fans out there that take great care in generating eBooks. The Harry Potter series is a good example

12-11-2009, 04:47 PM	#3
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I don't think of ebooks as fundamentally different than other formats such as hardcover or paperback, so I react the same way as I did years ago. When I was still buying mass market paperbacks and the book I wanted wasn't in paperback I'd either buy a different book or buy it in a different format. Now that I have a Reader, I no longer buy mass market paperbacks, so if a publisher doesn't sell what I'm willing to buy they don't get my money. (If I really want something that's not on the buy new in hardcover list - a very short list - I will usually try to get a used copy in hardcover.)

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