"Wayne Dernoncourt"  wrote in message 
news:0001HW.CC28448D0002ACE7B040E9DF@news.panix.com...
> 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 the books (and they've been replaced by the scripts team), but if I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.

A common tactic in RPG books is to watermark the buyer's name on each page 
of the pdf.
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