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Originally Posted by andreibest
because if i ask the owner of each eBook, it will take me years to fill up my site? If it says on the book i can give it away for free does that mean i can convert it as well?
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No. If the the book is in copyright, you only have the rights granted you by the copyright holder. If that doesn't include the right to convert to other formats, you may not do so.
IMO, this is a reasonable restriction. Consider: I want to promote my books as well-written, well-formatted ebooks. So I give one of them away free, and I allow anyone else to also give away copies for free. I would not want someone to do a poor conversion to a different ebook format and distribute that new conversion, as it might reflect badly on my other ebooks — good publicity would be turned into bad publicity.
If the the book is in copyright, you only have the rights granted you by the copyright holder.