On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:15:30 -0400, PhantomSteve wrote
(in article ):

> 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 the books (and they've been replaced by the scripts team), but if I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

After doing some more thinking about this stuff what about embedding the 
buyers name, email, address, etc. in each copy (multiple times).  Each person 
would be able to "buy" one copy/license for each copy of the volume.  I 
typically buy two copies of each volume, I don't know why, my wife is pretty 
sure I'm crazy but that is a different issue.  But since I buy two copies 
and deliver to the same address, I would be eligible to get 1 electronic 
version for all of my electronic gadgets - format's not withstanding.  I 
don't know if PDF, some sort of Amazon/Apple format would be more appropriate 
since the more proprietary formats would lend themselves to additional 
features but also obsolescence.
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