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When ebooks were really getting popular about a year after the Microsoft lit reader came out; there were two writers that had books in a series (7 or 8 books). They were always posting about theit books being out of print and people always contacting them for copies and sometimes they had used paperback copies of these scifi books. The lit reader had absolutely no books and that was what my pocket pc would read... one day I contacted these writers and offered to scan, proofread and provide either text, doc or lit files of these books to help them get back into circulation. The scathing mail and nasty threats was bad... I thought they were going to sue me just for being a dedicated fan who wanted to help them get a bigger fan base and make more money. I offered to do it at no cost to them. They have continued to have a following and have now gotten big enough to even have audiobooks. I have even repurchased the stories and have paper, ebook and audiobook. Though I have quit referring friends and collegues to read them out of principle.... that bad taste in my mouth about my genuine loving offer.
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