Charlie, that was actually a point I was going to make in my email, but forgot.
You are correct...some people may elect to have a hardcopy of a book just to
have it as reference. As long as you are aware of what you're getting, no
problems.
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
www.castlegraphics.com
On 3/12/2013 10:52 PM, Charlie Vlk wrote:
> I was aware of this situation and ordered just such a book anyway. The
> volume was relatively reasonably priced for what it actually is; a hard copy
> of a previously microfilmed book that Google digitized.
> I was hoping that the fold out maps not in the digital version might somehow
> have made it into the copy, but alas they did not. I ended up going to the
> holder of the original volume and paying to have the full book, including
> the fold out maps scanned
>
> As much as I utilize and appreciate digital media I still like hard copy. It
> is still easier to flip through pages to find something that you remember
> that may not have been fully indexed (a car in the background of a photo of
> an unrelated subject for example).
> The books are not BAD, as long as they aren't represented as being originals
> they are what they are. I am downloading PDFs of any digital books I find
> that have content I'm interested in or might need in the future as the
> electrons on the net have not been proven to have lasting access. I can
> always cut and paste the bits I need and print them out if I choose....the
> prints of digital volumes may be just the thing for some people. The cost
> might not be all that much more than printing books out yourself
> Charlie Vlk
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 12, 2013, at 11:23 PM, Jan Kohl <j.kohl@wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>> This was sent out to another group and I thought it should be distributed to
>> other RR groups as I ran across an example today.
>>
>> Beware of people/companies reprinting public domain books or grabbing
>> information from the internet and calling it a "book". Here's an example I
>> found today.
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350645643121
>>
>> Note that while they do state that it is a reproduction, this book is
>> available in public domain, and has already been scanned by Google.
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