...if a book has been transformed into an ebook or not? By that I mean: is there a way to make sure the book I intend to scan has never been scanned before and isn't available somewhere on the net?

I currently don't have many ebooks to share. I've been more of a taker than a giver.

I was planning on scanning some ebooks during the summer vacations but wanted to make sure that they weren't already available. I have some out of print books that I'd like to share. It's possible to find them used on the internet but the prices for some on these books are crazy and a lot of people are missing out. On the top of my head:

*Some books by Patricia Veryan
*Dance by Judy Cuevas
*The Windflower by Sharon and Tom Curtis
*Betrayed by judith mcwilliams
*Some of Lorraine Heath's old westerns like Texas Destiny, Sweet Lullaby, Parting Gifts
*Some Marsha Canham

Probably the best way of checking i know is to go to google type the name of the book followed by the word ebook.

dont know any other way

Oh yes, but that would be for finding out if the book had ever been legally published as an ebook and I already know the books I mentioned haven't. I was talking about ebooks scanned by people for their own pleasure and for the purpose of sharing, the 'non-official' way as we see it done on this forum.

That's why I was wondering if there was maybe a 'mother site' where all the ebooks available were listed so that I could check if the books I planned to scan had already been done or not.

I don't think there is any such master list of books that have already been converted 'cause it's not a collaborative effort and it can't, by it's very nature, be well publicized. It's nice of you to spend the time to convert the ones you have though. You mentioned an author I was looking for, Marsha Canham.

pommekitty wrote:Oh yes, but that would be for finding out if the book had ever been legally published as an ebook and I already know the books I mentioned haven't. I was talking about ebooks scanned by people for their own pleasure and for the purpose of sharing, the 'non-official' way as we see it done on this forum.

That's why I was wondering if there was maybe a 'mother site' where all the ebooks available were listed so that I could check if the books I planned to scan had already been done or not.

You can search this site for specific books using the search on the right of the CTP logo at the top of the site, but as far as i am aware there is no master site for all book forums