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Old 10-11-2010, 07:41 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by CazMar View Post
Probably the issue here is more of "do the owners want an electronic version produced"?
There must be a lot of books from the 50's and 60's made prior to electronic typesetting which need to be properly digitised. If a publisher wanted to reprint an old book they could do so by negotiating with the legal copyright holders. Why not approach a publishing house and try to do a deal where you do the scanning and presentation work and take a cut of any profits? They probably use freelance subcontractors to do cover illustrations etc so it would fit in with their usual business model.
CazMar, it's not likely that the paper book's publisher has the rights to publish the eBook edition. If the rights need to be obtained from the heirs, why cut the publisher in on it?
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