There is one possible way round the problem of books which were produced
before the advent of windows and digital photography, i.e. on a typewriter
and with diagrams cut out and glued on to a page - yes we did used to have
to that! If the publisher has released the copyright back to the author, the
author could photocopy the book, keep those as a master copy and then
produce more photocopies from those to comb bind and sell at a bit more than
cost. Comb binders aren't expensive, and modern scanner/printers are
relatively cheap.
Not practical for a lot of copies, but could work if a few were asked for.
Not a nice hardback copy, but probably better than nothing and more tactile
than a cold CDROM. Having said that Jane Atkinson made a CDROM copy of her
book 'Pattern Design for Torchon Lace'.
The copyright page would need to be updated to show that it was the author
who had legally produced the copy.
I'm sure there are other ways of getting out-of-print books available - many
which are out of copyright are already available on various archive sites.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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