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Old 05-09-2012, 03:12 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by KenJackson View Post
Scan it? Others have written that they scan books, but I don't understand why anyone would expend that much effort for anything but an important reference book, or extenuating circumstances.
How about:
An author you love to read and reread has no books in the Public Domain.
The author's books are no longer being sold new and are not available as a retail ebook.
Your painstakingly collected set of books has already disappeared once.
As you come across the books again in flea markets, used book stores, and/or library sales, you make a scan of the book for storage on your ereader.
Now you can carry the books around everywhere and if your collection goes bye-bye again you at least have the digital copy.
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