Here's a thought.
Another organization I belong to got authority from the author and publisher to produce a CD of an out-of-print reference book.
One of the guru types in the org. took a donated copy, dismantled it carefully, scanned the pages, did something so the CD can't be copied (at least I can't, NOT THAT I'VE EVEN TRIED!), produced the CD, recopywrited it, and the organization is selling the CD. It is good quality and reasonably priced (something like $20.00). The original books are (were) going for upwards of $50.00, so the used book market took a hit, but who cares?
I have an original, dog-eared, coffee-staine copy, and now its worth about $20.00. But I bought the CD 'cause the format is much easier to use than the book, and $20.00 for some collector is about a 400% markup on the retail cost of the folio in 1962 anyway.
Point is, better format, available to everyone with a computer, easier to use, and bunches of reference material can be bundled on a CD.
Oh, John! Hello? Maybe do something like this with the archives? Reference material on old trucks, properly priced, sells like hotcakes! (There, I got the truck reference in!)
You need another project for winter, anyway!
