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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I find myself wondering if the version of Mind Game Amazon is selling is better or worse than the fan-scanned version that I'm sure is floating around out there (I assume any/all old sci-fi have fan-scanned editions).
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
One thing that I've noticed is that some people tend to scan and "publish" dead authors' books on Amazon (and I'm sure other platforms) simply based on the idea that they are a lot less likely to get into trouble. Some of these can be quite slip shod, others can be quite good. I ran across a copy of Doc Smith's Lensman book on Amazon a while back that was absolutely unreadable, it had so many errors. That's a lot coming from me. My guess is that the "publisher" did not have the rights to it. Amazon eventually pulled it.
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That's clearly wrong if the book isn't in the public domain.
But the Spinrad Mind Game book, if I had bought it for $8 and it was an unreadable mess, I would check alternate sources to see what shape that file is in. Someone might be doing the author a favor if they could point him to a copy that is in better shape than what he currently has listed for sale.