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Old 07-10-2009, 02:12 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by llasram View Post
But I think we can agree that less attention is paid to e-book editions. I've been think about this, and I think there are three problems:
  • Especially for older books, publishers do not always have on hand digital copies of the final, fully edited text used to typeset the print edition.
Also worth noting: "Older books," in this context, means "anything published more than 10 years ago, when personal computers started to become very common."

Anything written before Windows 98 was likely created in a digital format that no longer is readable, if it was retained at all. While authors may have digital copies of the work they submitted, they're not likely to have a digital copy of the final, edited-and-proofed, layed-out-for-printing version. And neither are publishers... they printed it, finished the run, and scrapped the in-process pieces.

This is changing now, but ten years ago, a PC with a 10gb hard drive was smokin'; people didn't keep files they no longer saw a need for.
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