OTOH, he could make a second edition and start selling that, if the agreement with the publisher allows.
Unless the contract is deliberately convoluted, it shouldn't take more than an lawyer x hour to sort that question out.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2083231/Successful%20Lisp%20How%20to...
I had the idea of a more booklike PDF.
I wonder if the author would seriously object to that.
OTOH, he could make a second edition and start selling that, if the agreement with the publisher allows.
Unless the contract is deliberately convoluted, it shouldn't take more than an lawyer x hour to sort that question out.