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Originally Posted by bhartman36
Sure it can happen. As far as I'm aware, Project Gutenberg works on scanners, so it's certainly possible. The difference is, with a paper book, it's non-trivial. With an e-book, once you've got the DRM stripped, copying takes seconds or minutes, and are there any DRM formats that haven't been cracked yet? It's no longer a question of the availability of the technology. The only barriers are the users' knowledge of where to find the solution, and the technological ability to apply it.
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Many text books are in a propietary format, that are uncommon. My school book store sells in like 4 or 5 different formats, and only one is a format recognized by Calibre (ePub, but only a book from my Chinese class was available in ePub).