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Old 11-25-2008, 12:41 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
One of the best parts about this idea is making out-of-print books available again. This would be especially nice, because the number of used bookstores is rapidly dwindling anyway.

Unfortunately, I get the impression that the publishers may not be keeping all that OOP material to convert to e-books. Example, does Conde Nast or Bantam books still have the over 180 Doc Savage manuscripts? I doubt it. Unless some dedicated soul has preserved those books (or the Library of Congress will give them up), getting that old material could be tough.
I thought that there were repository libraries? Libraries that in theory keep a copy of everything that has been published in modern times? In theory those copies could used to create electronic copies.

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