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 Message 1689 
 PhantomSteve to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated 
 Re: Electronic versions of B5 books 
 13 Jul 12 15:15:30 
 
Nicole Massey entertained (or was it annoyed?) us in message:

> 
> "Wayne Dernoncourt"  wrote in message 
> news:0001HW.CC257B440001A8ABB030A9DF@news.panix.com...
>>I have all of the B5 books so far (not the trilogies, but the
>>script/What the
>> hell happened/etc. books, at least I think I have), what I would love
>> to have
>> but doubt I ever will are electronic versions of these books.  I have
>> all of
>> the books, but I've stopped reading them.  Why?  I've damaged some of
>> the books (and they've been replaced by the scripts team), but if I
>> go back and
>> re-read them, replacements won't be available.  Also those things end
>> up being heavy.  I'd love to be able to carry three or four of those
>> books around when I go on vacation.  A Kindle or an iPad version
>> would be lots more
>> portable than the printed copy.
>>
>> I'm sure that my dream will remain unfulfilled, but I can still have
>> it. 
>>
>>
> I discussed this with Joe at one point in the past, and he was wary of
> doing electronic versions of the script books for legal reasons. For
> me it was simply an accessibility issue, as I'm blind. 
> 
> 
> 
> 

They would also have to consider how they do it - one of the "features" 
of the books is that they would not be available in the future after the 
end of the publication window.

They also couldn't publish them exactly as they were, as another thing 
they always say is basically "these won't ever be published in their 
entirety again" - the deal when they were first published was similar to 
the one for the "Echoes" series:

    	"PLEASE DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN BY LIMITED EDITION.
    	These books will never, ever be available again. This compilation     
	under a different title will never, ever be available again. Really.     
	Name any ploy used by an unscrupulous "limited edition" publisher     
	and know that we will not do that.

    	That said, it is possible that some of the content could be     
	available somewhere else, someday, separately. "Separately" is the     
	key word here. For example, one of the interviews could be     
	republished in another book."

Steve

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