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Late as usual. But I'm weighing in on the side of greed here. Out of print works are not likely to be converted into ebook format because well, they're out of print, the publishers don't want to go to the trouble, and a myriad of other reasons. For those of us who plan on shifting our entire library collections to ebook format, the Google settlement news is wonderful. Regardless of whether or not you happen to believe that investing in ebooks for a durable personal library is practical, some of us do, and are making efforts to do so. That being said, assuming the Google settlement shakes out as I suspect, and out of print works are made available for sale by download eventually, this is excellent news for a book horder like me. I look at it like this. If I can get the books for my collection by legal means, I don't really care how moral the company is that is supplying that means. Sorry, but that's the way I feel.
I also didn't stop listening to the Dixie Chicks when they criticized (then) Pres. Bush.
I didn't agree with them, but it didn't affect my enjoyment of their music.
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