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Old 03-27-2017, 02:11 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by ekbell View Post
What your friend does for love may well have a fair price tag if done professionally. Converting the average out-of-print book might be like many handicrafts, the only way to consider it profitable is if the labor is free.
My point is that the manpower/cost required to digitise a book needn't be enormous. An intern could do it.

I think what is prohibitive is securing the rights. That, I think, is what keeps many OOP books from making the leap to e-book.
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