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Right now there are two particular authors that I would buy the ebooks if they were available, even though I previously purchased pbooks (or hardbacks). Those are Sharyn McCrumb and Charlotte MacLeod/Alisa Craig. Some of Sharyn McCrumb's titles are out of print, and I think all of the Charlotte MacLeod/Alisa Craig ones are. I've found very few of Sharyn's books in the ebookstores, and they're the new Nascar series that is not a priority for me. I'm looking for her older stuff, the Elizabeth MacPherson series, and the Ballad books. Charlotte MacLeod is not available (in ebook format) anywhere.
I can only assume that since Charlotte passed away, and the books are out of print, that the publishers are in no hurry whatsoever to get those books available. This is why I was placing such high hopes on the Google settlement, thinking that with that, sooner rather than later I might be able to purchase these, instead of getting them and scanning them myself (which with my setup involves about 24 hours of labor per book - 12 for scanning and that again for proofreading). However, now that the Justice Dept. is involved, and Obama has vowed to crack down on anti-trust scenarios, I'm losing hope quickly.
Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a rant..will hush now.
Last edited by phenomshel; 05-12-2009 at 01:50 PM.
Reason: to clarify a point
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