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Originally Posted by jabberwock_11

Almost all of the books that I really loved before getting into ebooks are unavailable in anything other than print format. All of the Tek War series, Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books, and Bringing Out the Dead are the ones that spring most quickly to mind.

It would seem to me that out of print books and previously successful books would bring in quite a bit of capital with very little expenditure on the part of the publishers, but maybe that's just how I see it.

That's one of the best things about ebooks: If the original source text is properly formatted they never have to truly go out of print since they can be easily be formatted for a specific use (possibly even on the fly) when needed.

The low cost factor is very important. Once formatted and made available as an ebook, the cost of keeping it available is very low (it could be just the cost of keeping a website up and running). This is especially true if the book can be ordered and then sent to you via e-mail within a reasonable amount of time (giving them time to recall the book, format it, and saving it in a format for your specific reader).