The same reason why Amazon takes their own photos of products. You would think the same people who design, manufacture, and market a product can have their shi

The same reason why Amazon takes their own photos of products. You would think the same people who design, manufacture, and market a product can have their shit together long enough to take some great beauty shots for e-tailers. But nope. The vast majority of vendors are so poorly organized, so bureaucratically frozen, that getting them to do anything that isn't already part of the process is like pulling teeth. So, "please send us digital copies of this manuscript" is pretty much out of the question. The easiest way is to take a copy of the book, OCR it yourself, and then get the license to distribute it.