Renewed books may be just what you’re looking for if–
- You want to reprint a book but it’s been so long since the first run that nobody has the original files any more.
- You’ve come across an heirloom in your family museum and would like to publish it to share with all the relatives.
- The book you’ve got in mind is out of print, and the copyright is no longer in effect.
We haven’t been able to help people with such needs except by painstaking methodology that needed hours and hours of fine-tuning.
The printer I use says his company has leading-edge scanning equipment. I send him a copy of the book, which is scanned and made up into a book, printed and shipped. Changes can be made to the text, and a new cover can be supplied. The results are fantastic. I cannot tell the difference between the original and final book without a high-powered magnifying glass.
Total cost is a lot less than starting from scratch. Try it next time you need an exact reprint of a book. Of course, you can substitute new pages for minimal cost if you want to update or correct the first version.
Of course you must own all publishing rights for the book or you could run into legal problems. Another point to remember is that just because the copyright has expired doesn’t give you open access to the book. Check to be sure the owner of the original copyright didn’t renew all rights. Don’t get trapped by the embarrassment and financial penalties for breaking copyright law.
We offer book replicating services at Griffith Publishing, editors of this blog.
