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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
I often get the feeling that people here are not actually paying attention to what the posts are saying.
I was asking apbschmitz why he (she?) or any other author with orphaned books doesn't take action to take them back from obscurity. Why do they wait for someone to remind them that technology and communication evolved enough to make it possible for old works to be revived?
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Thanks for the query. Actually, I have requested that the rights for one of my novels be returned to me by the original publisher. The publisher, Ecco, very quickly agreed. I converted the text to an eBook and republished it myself.
My point was that before simply deciding that a book has been orphaned, scanning it, posting it and giving it away, it would be a matter of common courtesy, among other things, to ask the author what his or her intentions were regarding the work in question. Giving away your own work is one thing; giving away someone else's is another. In my opinion.