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Old 04-07-2010, 12:34 PM   #186
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
But publishers aren't in business to make ebooks work. They're in business to make money. Spending lots of money now on temp workers to convert a massive back catalogue is a good route to bankruptcy.

Not that back catalogue isn't important! But I think that they can't afford a crash program.
They could use the fan-made versions. Most of those will be better proof read than anything they have e-published themselves.
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