They're mass market paperbacks, they're not meant to last. Several books I have already have pages coming loose. If I scan them, I can keep reading them without totally destroying them (I don't do the the cut and scan method).
And yeah, for recent ones it is probably in some digital form, but that doesn't mean it can easily be made into an ebook.
If it is made 1978 or after, then it is definitely under copyright. If it is 1928 or after, the likelihood of it being not copyrighted is extremely slim.
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