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stumped · 03-02-2017, 02:42 AM

apologies if this is not the best forum for the question

is there any simple way to find out of a given title exists as an legitimate, available to buy epub ( i.e. to exclude pirated scans etc from the search results)
googling " book title epub" gives mostly dodgy site hits

my proxy search is to see if amazon sell a Kindle version but is there a better way ?

if a title does not exist in any e-book format, what is the legality / ethics of owning both a paper version and a downloaded scan. as I'm not willing to scan & compile several hundred individual pages myself ?

an example test case: Julian Jay Savarin: Waiters on the Dance. I have the hardback in the attic somewhere. There is no Kindle version. google search results look well dodgy.

03-02-2017, 02:42 AM	#1
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	how to check if a legit epub exists for a given title apologies if this is not the best forum for the question is there any simple way to find out of a given title exists as an legitimate, available to buy epub ( i.e. to exclude pirated scans etc from the search results) googling " book title epub" gives mostly dodgy site hits my proxy search is to see if amazon sell a Kindle version but is there a better way ? if a title does not exist in any e-book format, what is the legality / ethics of owning both a paper version and a downloaded scan. as I'm not willing to scan & compile several hundred individual pages myself ? an example test case: Julian Jay Savarin: Waiters on the Dance. I have the hardback in the attic somewhere. There is no Kindle version. google search results look well dodgy.