Getting one of these old texts spiral bound for your own use is a great idea.
I'm with you guys. I like the feel of a book in my hands too. Sadly, convincing a publisher that a reprint would be marketable is a whole other endeavor.
Like Gabel said, a service like google books would have been hard to fathom 10 years ago. Imagine what the next 10 years holds. Paying for information (like a hardcopy book) is getting more and more old-fashioned. The public almost expects information to be freely accessible these days.
As a writer in the newspaper field, this is one facet they say is killing papers. Why stand in line and pay for a newspaper anymore? You and I may love the feel of the pages, but 20-year-olds don't line up to buy them. They're twittering.
Google is leading the way in this regard. email, picture services, libraries, news, television episodes, youtube, sketchup, etc, are all free. Your own website costs you all of $10/ year.
Ken,
I have a bunch of books saved in my google library. There's a search window to find what you need w/in your "collection." I can share my titles if you'd like. (A bit pressed for time at the moment).
