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Forty-Five Years of Digitizing Ebooks

by Gregory B. Newby

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  1. 1Abstract
  2. 2Historical Roots
  3. 3Emphasis on the Public Domain
  4. 4Items Are in the Public Domain for One of Three Reasons
  5. 5Collection Development Policy and Early Markup
  6. 6Proofreading
  7. 7Evolution in Proofreading: Distributed Proofreaders
  8. 8Scanning
  9. 9Copyright Clearance or Permission
  10. 10Multiple Sources
  11. 11Other Content Types
  12. 12Languages Other than English
  13. 13Evolution of Master Source Formats
  14. 14Derivative Formats
  15. 15Uploading a New Ebook
  16. 16EPUB and MOBI
  17. 17Cataloging and Mirroring
  18. 18“No Sweat of the Brow Copyright”
  19. 19Ebooks, or Pictures of Books?
  20. 20Past Innovations and Future Initiatives
  21. 21Appreciation for Volunteers

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