[pct-l] Scanning Guidebooks

Kathryn Zimmerman thebaglady07 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 6 18:03:07 CST 2010


I thought about that.  That's why I wanted to stress that I had bought
them.  Maybe we need Amazon to put them on their Kindle for the iPhone
listing!  Wouldn't that be great!!!!

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net>wrote:

> Bag Lady,
>
> Copying electronically and sharing could raise copyright issues.  You might
> check with WP first.
>
> Mango
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathryn Zimmerman" <thebaglady07 at gmail.com>
> To: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
> Cc: "pct-L backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2010 6:49:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Scanning Guidebooks
>
> I plan on carrying the Atlas, but there's so much good info in the
> Guidebooks that I'd like to have them as a reference...
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01 at mac.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Feb 6, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Kathryn Zimmerman wrote:
> >
> > > I was wondering if anyone out there has, by chance, has scanned in the
> > > guidebooks to a pdf file for storing and viewing on their phone?  If
> so,
> > > would they be willing to share the file?  I've bought the books, but
> they
> > > are sooooo heavy.  I've thought about ripping them apart and may do
> that,
> > or
> > > I may just stand by a copier for days on end and scan them.  Just a
> > thought
> > > - let's use the technology!
> >
> > Ripping them apart is the standard practice.  I don't think I saw
> > anyone carrying the complete guide book.  I wouldn't want my only map
> > to be an electronic one.
> >
> > Radar
>
>
>
>
> --
> - Kathryn
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- Kathryn



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