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Re: Apple II developer reference rescanning question



PZ wrote:
I am in need of an Apple IIc 2nd Edition Reference, and possibly a
Toolbox v.III ref.  If you offered a value added service of having the
reprints bound (choice of hole punched or bound at an additional cost)
then I'd be inclined to buy more.  I don't currently own any of the
reprints, but I think that the 70% discount is very fair and people
would take you up on it.

Something that may be of value is a high quality scan of just the
schematics for the //e, //c and GS's.  I know that there are some scans
circulating online, but if they were offered in a more legible, large
format (11x17), and of higher quality, I think they would sell.

I'd second that on the IIc Tech Ref--and I also agree that a larger,
more readable schematic that folded out would be sufficient to make
the copy I bought satisfactory.

Eric Shepherd wrote:

I'm still kicking around starting to rescan all the APDA books I'm
licensed to resell, but I have a question before I make a final
decision:

I'd like to get some feeling for how many people would want replacement
copies if I offered a 70% discount to people who already bought the
books from me.

If I do rescan the books, I'd gather pristine master copies for as many
as I can, and buy a new, better scanner with auto-duplex scanning to
make the work less tedious.

Before I do that, basically, I'm trying to judge how long it would take
to recoup the expense of the new scanner.

Scanning two-sided originals using a single-sided auto-feed scanner is
tricky because one mistake and the entire document is out of order.
And doing that many pages flatbed would be too much work. :)

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