[ih] Historical documents/books online ? (was: Re: distributed network control: Usenet)

[John Levine]

It appears that Charles H Sauer via Internet-history <sauer at technologists.com> said:
>> you don't believe me, order a copy.") Even if you can establish that
>> the book is out of print, getting the publisher to do the assignment
>> takes forever since it is literally at the absolute bottom of their
>> list of things to do.
>
>I've gotten rights back for four out of print books without difficulty 
>or unreasonable delay:
>https://notes.technologists.com/notes/2008/02/14/mainstream-videoconferencing-available-again/
>https://notes.technologists.com/notes/2020/08/25/computer-systems-performance-modeling/
>https://notes.technologists.com/notes/2020/08/25/remembering-resq/

It really depends on the publisher.  The one book I got back was easy because the
publisher knew me and liked me.  Other places, I wouldn't count on it.

They'll do it eventually, for some version of eventually.

R's,
John