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Originally Posted by gweeks
Have you tried the Open Library?
Bookshare will take the scans and text from you if you want to give it to them. Or at least they used to if it was a book they didn't have.
Greg
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Open Library don't have it.
Bookshare don't have it, either. If they did, my friend could read it, but I still couldn't, since I am not visually impaired (and even if I were, quote: "people whose first language is not English DO NOT QUALIFY"). BTW, they do not even allow non-US-residents to contribute. And I'd still have to buy that $350 copy...
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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
In my own country there is special exemption in the copyright legislation for making copies of literary and dramatic works for people with print disabilities.
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Yes, thank you, and it applies to her, as she is American. But in this case the issue was not the legality of making a copy, but whether to pay $350 for a used pbook to copy it, or revert to a free if illegal pirated copy.
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Originally Posted by Fbone
Is Jane Gaskell still alive? If she is, can you contact her?
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I'd love to, but I wasn't able to find her. I may try to write to the publishers of her books, but they've all been published a long time ago. I don't know if they'd even be free to give out her contact information if they had it. If anyone here has an idea how to contact her, I'd be glad to hear it!