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Hellmark · 01-30-2012, 12:37 PM

Ok, the past few days, I've been working on scanning and formatting some books that do not have ebook for sale. The books in particular are from the past 10 years, but were novelizations of a TV show so are unlikely to be ever messed with by the publishers.

One thing I was thinking of trying, is seeing if the publisher (Pocket Books) would be interested in having my final product, so that if they want, they could sell them to others. Likelihood of something like that happen though I understand is low, due to redtape.

Have you guys ever run into this sort of situation, and what did you do? Did you just go screw it and read the paper copy, do the conversion like I am, or just end up not reading it? I mean, it is taking me a day or so for me in my free time to get each book formatted after it is scanned. By the time I've finished, I've read the book at that point, so really not a lot of incentive to do it if it was just for me (my girlfriend is wanting to read them after I am done, which is mostly why I am putting in the work).

01-30-2012, 12:37 PM	#1
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	Dead tree only - The moral implications, conversion, and desires Ok, the past few days, I've been working on scanning and formatting some books that do not have ebook for sale. The books in particular are from the past 10 years, but were novelizations of a TV show so are unlikely to be ever messed with by the publishers. One thing I was thinking of trying, is seeing if the publisher (Pocket Books) would be interested in having my final product, so that if they want, they could sell them to others. Likelihood of something like that happen though I understand is low, due to redtape. Have you guys ever run into this sort of situation, and what did you do? Did you just go screw it and read the paper copy, do the conversion like I am, or just end up not reading it? I mean, it is taking me a day or so for me in my free time to get each book formatted after it is scanned. By the time I've finished, I've read the book at that point, so really not a lot of incentive to do it if it was just for me (my girlfriend is wanting to read them after I am done, which is mostly why I am putting in the work).