I haven't heard of the Google Book Settlement. I'll have to look into that and whatever the hell it's about.

A friend of mine has all the DoL books in hardback in very good condition, if that helps. I suspect they shall be rather valuable in decades to come.

Oh!!!! My B&N had a streak of awesome to put a small pile of Corambis in the new release section of the SF/F area. Over the past few weeks I've seen the pile getting smaller! Perhaps there's hope after all!