Re: out of print but in copyright
- From: Michael Oltz <mdo1@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: out of print but in copyright
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:47:17 -0500
At 03/21/01 20:55 +0000, John J. Lee wrote:
>
>Does anyone know of any schemes for getting out of print books that are
>still in copyright distributed?
>
>I've seen books on the shelves of my local university bookshop that have a
>little notice on the back saying something to the effect of 'this book was
>printed as a single-copy print run', and pointing out how clever and
>high-tech it is that they can do this -- I think these have been newly
>written books, though. I'm looking for a copy of a scientific book
>written in the early seventies, I think, and which is currently out of
>print. It's a very well-known work in the field, so it is likely to get
>reprinted eventually, but quite possibly not for many years yet -- I'm
>impatient!
UMI (www.umi.com) has a service called "Books on Demand" (a link from the
home page) but apparently it's not EVERY book, just from certain publishers.