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OurKid85 Flag Fareham 25 Oct 15 12.34pm Send a Private Message to OurKid85 Add OurKid85 as a friend

Well the digital age is finally catching up with me in respect of books/ebooks.

I have 5 or 6 books on music studio recording (plus a ton of others I'm not too concerned about) that the time has come to get on my iPad instead of a physical copy. The issue I have is that having already paid £30+ for the physical version, it looks like I have to pay the same for the electronic version!

Anyone know of any way, short of scanning thousands of pages, of converting, or obtaining ebook versions of already owned books? I don't mind paying for this, just not full whack again!!

Cheers

 

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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 25 Oct 15 2.23pm

Not legally, most publishers incur costs in converting or producing ebooks. Although contacting the publisher is probably the best bet, as some have moved towards free ebooks with printed copies.

 


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Rubin Flag 25 Oct 15 2.29pm Send a Private Message to Rubin Add Rubin as a friend

There's a thing called BitLit which claims to provide you with the ebook if you upload a photo of a physical version, although supposedly you have to pay for some.

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oldcodger Flag 25 Oct 15 3.21pm Send a Private Message to oldcodger Add oldcodger as a friend

Quote Rubin at 25 Oct 2015 2.29pm

There's a thing called BitLit which claims to provide you with the ebook if you upload a photo of a physical version, although supposedly you have to pay for some.

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What a great idea and it looks like for physical books bought through Amazon it's possible to make big savings on the ebook too [Link] . So not a perfect solution but better than nothing.

 

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OurKid85 Flag Fareham 25 Oct 15 3.36pm Send a Private Message to OurKid85 Add OurKid85 as a friend

Thanks chaps! I did stumble across BitLit but haven't had a chance to look at it yet. Some of these are old or rare books (not rare as in valuable, just produced for software that's not widely used) so won't hold my breath, but worth a look.

 

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topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 25 Oct 15 8.03pm Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

Completely illegal so certainly not recommended but apparently there is a website called Mobilism that you can download ebooks from. I suspect that it is mostly modern fiction though.

 


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OurKid85 Flag Fareham 25 Oct 15 11.54pm Send a Private Message to OurKid85 Add OurKid85 as a friend

Quote topcat at 25 Oct 2015 8.03pm

Completely illegal so certainly not recommended but apparently there is a website called Mobilism that you can download ebooks from. I suspect that it is mostly modern fiction though.


Thanks for the response. Rumour has it, there's a lot on there, but nothing that I was looking for Thanks anyway

 

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