08-14-2017, 10:13 AM | #16 |
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I only have a few. I grudge paying over £5 for a book I've already read just to get it as an ebook! I am very price sensitive though. For example, one of my all time favourites is Ira Levin's This Perfect Day. I've so for bought two other Levin books (I've read them all previously) one in Kindle deal of the day for £0.99, the other for £2.99. Still waiting on my favourite to be reduced from £5.99. I'm sure I'll get it at some point.....
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08-14-2017, 11:03 AM | #17 | |
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I would suggest that this is where the idea of a safe harbor for orphaned works comes into play. If I were Emperor for a day, I would set up a system where copyright holders could register themselves as the copyright holder, and if a work has been out of print for a set number of years and no copyright holder is listed, then you are protected if you wish to scan the book and make it available for free for others. Of course, such works would have to be removed if a copyrights holder comes forward. |
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08-14-2017, 11:07 AM | #18 |
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I think we're actually in a pretty good place when it comes to ebooks - certainly compared to the situation ten years ago. Hugely more back-catalogue books are available, and they continue to appear. I really see no need for any drastic change to the law: realistically, I have far more books in my Calibre library than I can hope to read in any reasonable life expectancy.
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08-14-2017, 11:33 AM | #19 | |
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I really can't think of any orphaned work that would have any real commercial value. Most of the backlist books that have any significant commercial value isn't orphaned, but rather the copy right holder doesn't want to release them as an ebook for various reasons, for example the Zelazny backlist. |
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08-14-2017, 12:06 PM | #20 |
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Problems with the estate, especially the Amber books. My understanding is that his wife (the current rights holder) refuses to let the books be republished in any format. His other works are to some extent available; I've picked up quite a few - I suspect it's because the UK contract included electronic rights for most of his backlist.
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08-14-2017, 12:18 PM | #21 | |
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The Lord of Light, the Dilvish cycle, Creatures of Light and Darkness, The Changeling (odd that it's sequel is available). Yes, his wife has the rights. Last edited by pwalker8; 08-14-2017 at 12:28 PM. |
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08-14-2017, 07:02 PM | #22 | |
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I find it interesting that publishers are one of many groups which talk about the importance of books to culture and argue that they should have special treatment for this reason. Yet so many books go out of print and sink without trace. My suggestions at this stage are for discussion. I think there are problems which need to be addressed, but have not fully thought it through at this stage and am not wedded to a particular solution. |
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08-14-2017, 11:26 PM | #23 | |
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One way a publisher might do this is to contact a pirate group of some sort and make a deal with them. Quit giving away our books to unlicensed people and instead take a commission for giving them to those with licenses. Not every pirate group would be willing to do that but I'd bet some would. They'd eliminate a source of piracy, sell some licenses and the former pirates would be turned into honest capitalists. My guess is that the publishers would be far less offended by something like this than the members of this forum. Barry |
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08-15-2017, 09:59 AM | #24 | |
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So I have no answer for your question crossi... but I do have much to think about now. |
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08-15-2017, 10:28 AM | #25 |
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I bought an ebook reader because I was having storage issues with my books. I haven't replaced all of them, but I have replaced quite a few of them as I reread them; I don't repurchase them just for the sake of replacing them.
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08-15-2017, 01:36 PM | #26 |
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In a perfect world I'd love to get everything in digital. Mainly I pick up titles as I see them on sale (author notifications from eReaderIQ help here) as there are a lot of books on any to buy list I could make and so many of them are $8 - $10 per backlist title that it's just not possible for me to grab everything at full price.
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08-24-2017, 02:04 AM | #27 |
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i've gotten most of my favorites as ebooks, and as a result, i've boxed up many pbooks with desiccant packs and we've put them in the garage. now we have much more space and i can find my books electronically without having to go through multiple bookcases in multiple rooms, each with 2 layers per shelf of books. believe me, i don't miss that!
like everyone says, there are favorites that aren't available as ebooks, but some of my faves that weren't available last year are available now, so i grab 'em as they come up. |
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As for ebooks, I don't care about having old pre-ebook favourites electronically unless I'm about to re-read them, and so far I very rarely re-read even favourites. |
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